February 11th. Mr. Clerk, can you please call the roll. [roll call] we have quorum. Can you please call the first item. Im 2, the citizens advisor report. Im john larsen, chair of the citizens advisory committee, and im here to report on january 22nd meeting of the c. A. C. We began the meeting welcoming to members, representing district 5 and 9, so were currently on full strengthe strength of te c. A. C. Item 6 on your agenda, the c. A. C. Members discussed the vetoed legislation relating to a paved area the time, resources and funds being allocated towards a project that might have a limited impact on overall congestion, while benefiting a very specific neighborhood, could possibly be used better in neighborhoods of concern. And other thing is exploring a tax assessment around the affected part of lumbar street. Sb50 was also discussed by the c. A. C. , specifically linking housing proposals too closely with additional funds for transportation and infrastructure. One member expressed
Month to put yourself and ourselves in the shoes of the less fortunate. He wants those, catholic or not, to hear francis cry for the poor and for 40 days until the pope arrives in philadelphia consider this an invite, more or less a challenge to get involved and to help Fund Programs to focus poverty across south jersey. There will be open houses that benefit dinner, and a food relay drive by High School Students in the area and all efforts led and organized by the Diocese Catholic Charities Program and important to note that all of the proceeds will fight hunger to address some 200 homeless vets in new jerseys six counties that make up the diocese. Some of the worst poverty felt far beyond camden city and also in cumberland, atlantic and cape may counties and the bishop also did not forget to include mentioning the dire need of 8,000 families who suffered a tremendous hardship of losing their jobs in last summers casino crisis. So all around us in the diocese we are faced daily with t
Bills werent getting passed; and those that did get passed were frequently drafted behind closed doors with republicans and many rankandfile democrats shut out of the process, which of course means that the American Peoples voices were shut out of the process. When republicans duke control, we know when republicans took control, we knew that getting things working again had to be our first priority. We opened up debate so senators from both parties could make their voices heard. We started drafting legislation in committee again so that bills were the result of discussion and compromise instead of being dictated by Democrat Party leaders. And we got the Senate Passing real substantial legislation again a bawrkts appropriations a balanced budget, Appropriations Bills, the first major energy bill since the bush administration, the first Significant Education reform since 2002. Mr. President , im particularly proud of two bills that the committee i chair the Commerce Committee worked on a
Bills werent getting passed; and those that did get passed were frequently drafted behind closed doors with republicans and many rankandfile democrats shut out of the process, which of course means that the American Peoples voices were shut out of the process. When republicans duke control, we know when republicans took control, we knew that getting things working again had to be our first priority. We opened up debate so senators from both parties could make their voices heard. We started drafting legislation in committee again so that bills were the result of discussion and compromise instead of being dictated by Democrat Party leaders. And we got the Senate Passing real substantial legislation again a bawrkts appropriations a balanced budget, Appropriations Bills, the first major energy bill since the bush administration, the first Significant Education reform since 2002. Mr. President , im particularly proud of two bills that the committee i chair the Commerce Committee worked on a
Bills werent getting passed; and those that did get passed were frequently drafted behind closed doors with republicans and many rankandfile democrats shut out of the process, which of course means that the American Peoples voices were shut out of the process. When republicans duke control, we know when republicans took control, we knew that getting things working again had to be our first priority. We opened up debate so senators from both parties could make their voices heard. We started drafting legislation in committee again so that bills were the result of discussion and compromise instead of being dictated by Democrat Party leaders. And we got the Senate Passing real substantial legislation again a bawrkts appropriations a balanced budget, Appropriations Bills, the first major energy bill since the bush administration, the first Significant Education reform since 2002. Mr. President , im particularly proud of two bills that the committee i chair the Commerce Committee worked on a