Veterans

CONNERS/MILAM BILL TO ENSURE DECEASED NEW JERSEY VETERANS ARE TREATED WITH RESPECT CLOSER TO LAW

(TRENTON) – Legislation Assemblymen Jack Conners and Matthew Milam sponsored to ensure the cremains of New Jersey veterans are treated with respect is closer to law.

The bill would give veterans’ organizations the right to receive the cremains of a veteran that have not been claimed by a relative or friend.

The Senate recently gave the measure final legislative approval.

“It is particularly important that we do all we can to ensure that fallen service men and women are honorably received,” said Conners (D-Burlington), chairman of the Assembly Veterans and Military Affairs Committee.

Program to Help Veterans Make the Transition into College Classrooms

Legislation sponsored by Senator Diane Allen (R-7) that would provide support services for veterans at New Jersey's public institutions of higher education was approved today by the Senate Education Committee. The measure, S-2171, is modeled on California's successful Troops to College Program and seeks to provide assistance to veterans attempting to obtain a college education.

CONNERS: WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL A FITTING TRIBUTE TO ‘GREATEST GENERATION’

(TRENTON) – Assemblyman Jack Conners, chairman of the Assembly Military and Veterans Affairs Committee, released the following statement on New Jersey’s World War II Memorial.

Conners (D-Camden) sponsored legislation that helped create the memorial built in Trenton across from the State House.

“For too long we have somehow failed to give this fitting tribute to the men and women who fought and struggled so courageously to preserve freedom across the globe, but that finally changed today..."

CRYAN, QUIJANO: STATE’S WWII MEMORIAL WILL ENSURE NJ’S ‘GREATEST GENERATION’ NEVER FORGOTTEN

(TRENTON) – Assembly members Joseph Cryan and Annette Quijano said New Jersey's World War II Memorial has ensured the stories of the men and women who sacrificed at home and abroad in the fight against tyranny and fascism will never be forgotten.

COUTINHO: MONUMENT TO ‘GREATEST GENERATION’ WILL TEACH GENERATIONS TO COME

(TRENTON) -- Assemblyman Albert Coutinho (D-Essex) released the following statement on New Jersey’s World War II Memorial:

“Sixty-three years following the Japanese peace treaty signing that effectively put an end to the Second World War, we have found a way to honor the more than 406,000 U.S. Military dead and 600,000 wounded in this fight that spanned two continents and lasted for six years..."

GIBLIN: NEW JERSEY’S WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL A FITTING TRIBUTE TO GENERATION THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD

(TRENTON) – Assemblyman Thomas Giblin (D-Essex) released the following statement today on New Jersey’s World War II Memorial:

“The world we know today would never have existed if it wasn’t for the brave men and women who made World War II a victory for freedom over the forces of evil and tyranny..."

TUCKER PRAISES NEW JERSEY’S WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL

(TRENTON) – Assemblywoman Cleopatra G. Tucker (D-Essex) released the following statement today on New Jersey’s World War II Memorial:

“The generation of men and women who persevered both here on the home front and overseas to defend our freedom deserve nothing more than our highest honors..."

CHIVUKULA PRAISES WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL AS ‘BEACON OF FREEDOM’

(TRENTON) – Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula (D-Somerset) released the following statement on New Jersey’s World War II Memorial:

“It shouldn’t have taken this long, but New Jersey finally did the right thing today by honoring the men and women who fought so bravely to defend freedom more than 60 years ago..."

McKEON LAUDS DEDICATION OF NEW JERSEY’S NEW WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL

(TRENTON) – Assemblyman John McKeon (D-Essex) today released the following statement on New Jersey’s World War II Memorial in Trenton:

“Today is a fitting day to honor the men and woman of The Greatest Generation who fought so bravely and sacrificed so much for the freedom of our nation and indeed – that of the world..."

ASSEMBLYMAN CONNERS GIVEN VETERANS ADVOCACY AWARD

(TRENTON) -- In a ceremony Saturday evening, Assemblyman Jack Conners (D-Pennsauken) was honored as “Veterans Advocate of the Year” for 2008 by the Vietnam Veterans of America South Jersey Chapter.