member of the committee to investigate the bridge lane closure, and a metro politics editor with "the new york times." and, senator, i'll start with y you. we've been talking so much about governor christie and ft. lee and the lane closures. yesterday the mayor of hoboken added this new wrinkle. i wonder what you make of it and where you think -- is there a role here for your committee in this at all? >> i think there is a role for our committee. and, of course, it will ultimately be up to our chairman -- senator loretta weinberger. we are meeting for the firts time and will be discussing that. >> assemblyman, from chris christie's party listening to what the mayor of hoboken had to say, what's your take on it? >> well, with respect to those allegations, the governor responded through mike trewniak.