Here’s the full text of Gov. Phil Murphy’s state budget speech
Updated Feb 23, 2021;
“My fellow New Jerseyans.
Six weeks ago, I stood in this empty theater to lay out my vision for the year ahead and for the New Jersey we believe and know we can build, on the other side of the pandemic.
Much has changed in the six weeks since the State of the State Address.
We worked hard to crush the curve again, and today the second wave of the pandemic, which was just hitting its peak six weeks ago, is subsiding.
The numbers of patients in our hospitals, and of those requiring intensive care and ventilators, are all down. Almost every day, more patients leave our hospitals than are admitted.
My fellow New Jerseyans.
Six weeks ago, I stood in this empty theater to lay out my vision for the year ahead and for the New Jersey we believe – and know – we can build, on the other side of the pandemic.
Much has changed in the six weeks since the State of the State Address.
We worked hard to crush the curve again, and today the second wave of the pandemic, which was just hitting its peak six weeks ago, is subsiding.
The numbers of patients in our hospitals, and of those requiring intensive care and ventilators, are all down. Almost every day, more patients leave our hospitals than are admitted.
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