S920

MONTCLAIR – Senator Raymond Lesniak, D-Union, the prime sponsor of S-920, legislation needed to fully implement the provisions of the New Jersey Economic Stimulus Act of 2009 he sponsored in order to create jobs and economic opportunity for the people of New Jersey, issued the following statement regarding Governor Christie’s signing of the bill today at Montclair State University:

“S-920 makes some refinements to the New Jersey Stimulus Act so that two high-powered, job-creating, economy-improving development projects can be completed.

UNION — In a letter sent today to Governor Chris Christie (attached), Senator Raymond Lesniak (D-Union) quoted the Governor’s favorite artist, Bruce Springsteen:

Well now, ev’rything dies, baby, that’s a fact

But maybe ev’rything that dies someday comes back

Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty

And meet me tonight in Atlantic City.

TRENTON – Senator Raymond J. Lesniak, D-Union, the Chairman of the Senate Economic Growth Committee and author of the “New Jersey Economic Stimulus Act of 2009,” a bill hailed as one of the most important economic growth and job creation measures of its time, issued the following remarks prior to a Committee vote on a bill sponsored by the Senator to make revisions to the Economic Stimulus Act today. The bill, S-920, was approved by a vote of 7-0:

“When I sponsored the New Jersey Economic Stimulus Act last year, I said it will be the most powerful tool in the nation to encourage new business investment and job creation and that it will enable New Jersey to recover from the nationwide recession and build a strong economy for our residents well into the future.