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CODEY STATEMENT ON FY 2009 BUDGET

             TRENTON – Senate President Richard J. Codey (D-Essex) today released the following statement on the Senate’s approval of the FY 2009 Appropriations Act:

          “This budget clearly reflects the reality of our fiscal situation.  Much like millions of Americans across the country, we have to do more with less.  This budget required a lot of painful decisions, decisions nobody really wants to make but that had to be done. 

TRENTON – Senator Barbara Buono, Chair of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, today said she believes R. David Rousseau will make an “excellent State Treasurer because of his experience, his intelligence and his communications skills.

“Dave is well grounded in all matters related to the State Budget process,” said Senator Buono, D-Middlesex. “He understands the relationship between the executive and legislative branches and how we get to the final product.”

EDISON – Senator Barbara Buono, Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan, and Assemblyman Peter Barnes III announced today their endorsement by the New Jersey Environmental Federation and the New Jersey Chapter of the Sierra Club.   A non-profit environmental organization, The New Jersey Environmental Federation works to organize citizen efforts to protect the environment, public health, economic well-being and quality of life in New Jersey.  The Sierra Club is a national, member-supported environmental organization with Chapters in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.  With approximately 20,000 members, the New Jersey Chapter of the Sierra Club is the 10th largest chapter.

VOTERS TO DECIDE ON CODEY, BUONO INVESTMENT IN STEM CELL RESEARCH FUNDING

Both Houses Approve $450 Million Bond Referendum, Measure Headed to Ballot 

            TRENTON  –  Both houses of the legislature today approved a measure to invest nearly a quarter of a billion dollars in long-term funding for stem cell research, a move hailed by advocates as an investment in hope.   The $450 million initiative, sponsored by Senate President Richard J. Codey and Senator Barbara Buono, caps off a critical investment drive by the State of New Jersey, which in December approved a $270 million initiative to fund a world-class stem cell institute and several other biomedical research facilities.