Legislative Joint Committee on Ethical Standards

BECK SAYS BRYANT'S PENSION REQUEST SHOULD BE
PUT ON ICE UNTIL FEDERAL PROBE COMPLETE

Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck today said State Senator Wayne Bryant's request to begin collecting his state pension should be put on ice until a federal probe regarding an alleged no-work job at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) is complete.

CORODEMUS SAYS DISCLOSURE OF PORK PROJECTS WOULD NOT MAKE PRACTICE ANY MORE 'ETHICAL'

ISSUE IS ABOUT LEGISLATORS GETTING GRANTS FOR EMPLOYERS OR ORGANIZATIONS FROM WHICH THEY PERSONALLY BENEFIT

Assemblyman Steve Corodemus today said that the chairman of the Legislative Joint Committee on Ethical Standards is missing the point of the current ethics complaints pending before the panel if he believes a proposal to give advance notice about pork in the state budget would solve the problem.

BIONDI AND CORODEMUS ASK ETHICS CHAIRMAN TO COOPERATE WITH EFFORT TO GATHER INFO ON GRANTS

WILL MAKE A MOTION REQUESTING DOCUMENTATION RELATED TO EFFORTS BY LEGISLATORS TO OBTAIN GRANTS FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS

Assembly Republican Conference Leader Peter Biondi and Assemblyman Steve Corodemus today sent a letter to the chairman of the Legislative Joint Committee on Ethical Standards requesting that he support a motion they intend to make at Thursday's meeting allowing the committee to obtain information needed to investigate complaints where legislators allegedly used the power of their office to obtain grants for their employers.

BIONDI AND CORODEMUS ASK THAT JOINT ETHICS COMMITTEE MEETINGS BE AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC

REQUEST THAT MEETINGS BE BROADCAST ON THE INTERNET, AS IS DONE WITH VIRTUALLY ALL OTHER LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES

Assembly Republican Conference Leader Peter Biondi and Assemblyman Steve Corodemus today sent a letter to the chairman of the Legislative Joint Committee on Ethical Standards asking that the panel's next meeting, and all subsequent meetings, be available to the public via the internet.