Senate President Steve Sweeney along with Senator Loretta Weinberg spoke at the Portal Bridge press conference this week calling for the federal government to step up and fund both the bridge as well as the entire Gateway project. Legislation by Senate President Steve Sweeney to guarantee that citizens who filed vote by mail applications in 2017 and 2018 will continue to receive mail-in ballots for all future elections, unless they opt out, was approved by the Senate, the Assembly and was signed into law this week. Lastly, Senate President Steve Sweeney along with Senators Bob Smith and Linda Greenstein visited the Trenton Biogas site which is a refinery that turns organic waste into electricity.
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