Jul 15, 20201 min read

Pennacchio: We Cannot Hand Murphy A $10 Billion Slush Fund

Says Blindly Borrowing Billions is Definition of Insanity Senator Joe Pennacchio slammed the Democrat-sponsored $10 billion borrowing...

Jul 12, 20202 min read

Pennacchio: ‘Doesn’t Anybody Care About the Deaths of 6,700 Seniors?’

Reiterates Call for Creation of Senate Select Committee to Investigate Senator Joe Pennacchio again implored the legislature to act on...

Jul 7, 20202 min read

Senator Pennacchio Questions Latest Murphy Executive Order on Wearing Masks Outdoors

Asks Why Masks Weren’t a Priority for Nursing Homes? At a time when the CDC is considering no longer calling COVID an epidemic because of...

Jul 6, 20202 min read

Democrats Covet More Power, but Won’t Use Their Might to Check Governor’s Unilateral Control

Questions Why Majority Legislators Want More Power Yet have Remained Silent During the Pandemic Crisis Senator Joe Pennacchio today...

Jul 2, 20202 min read

Pennacchio Introduces Bill Cracking Down on Pandemic Predators

Senator Moved by Sister of Victim’s Plea Senator Joe Pennacchio has introduced legislation that would upgrade charges for committing...

Jul 2, 20203 min read

Pennacchio: Murphy Declares His Unchecked Emergency Powers Could Last for More Than a Year

Reversal on indoor dining demonstrates need for Senator’s Resolution Governor Murphy unilaterally ripped the rug out from under thousands...

Jun 28, 20203 min read

Senate Passes Pennacchio Resolution Urging Federal Support for Development of Fusion Energy

Senator has vision of NJ as epicenter for renewable, safe fusion power Senator Joe Pennacchio’s resolution urging Congress and the...

Jun 28, 20202 min read

Pennacchio Resolution Calling on Congress to Help Struggling Employers Endorsed by Senate

Asks for action on federal bill allowing commercial landlords to earn tax deductions for waiving rent payments from COVID-battered...

Jun 26, 20202 min read

Pennacchio Objects to Efforts to Remove Columbus Statue in Parsippany

June 17, 2020 Contact:Robbie Kenney/ (609) 847-3600 Senator Joe Pennacchio (R-26) released the following statement in reaction to a...

Jun 24, 20202 min read

Bucco & Pennacchio Strengthen Partnership with NJ African American Chamber of Commerce

Panelists on ‘The State of Black New Jersey 2020 Economic Summit’ Senator Anthony M. Bucco and Senator Joe Pennacchio participated in...

Jun 18, 20204 min read

Senate Republicans Call for Murphy to Improve Support for Struggling Businesses

The fifteen members of the Senate Republican caucus sent the following letter (click here for PDF) to Governor Phil Murphy calling for...

Jun 15, 20203 min read

Pennacchio: Taxpayer-Funded Manatt Health Study of Nursing Homes a Whitewash

Says legislative investigation into Administration’s nursing home policy is warranted now more than ever While the state is lifting some...

Jun 11, 20202 min read

Pennacchio/Oroho Seeking to Curtail Governor’s Powers with Constitutional Amendment

Never again should New Jersey be subjected to open-ended executive orders During times of emergency like the current COVID-19 pandemic,...

Jun 10, 20201 min read

Pennacchio Moves Bill to Bolster Scrutiny of Administration’s COVID Approach

Murphy has used emergency powers to deny OPRA requests Senator Joe Pennacchio today introduced legislation (S-2575) to remove limitations...

Jun 7, 20201 min read

Pennacchio: Murphy’s ‘Let Them Eat Cake’ Moment

Governor lacks empathy with suffering New Jersey citizens As New Jersey businesses continue to struggle to survive under the state’s...

Jun 4, 20202 min read

Pennacchio to Federal Government: ‘Take Over Long-Term Nursing Facilities Now’

In light of growing, serious concerns about the New Jersey Health Department’s effectiveness during the deadly coronavirus pandemic,...

Jun 4, 20201 min read

Pennacchio: 6,000 Nursing Home Residents Dead, Administration Blame Game Has Begun

To Prevent A Repeat, Senate Must Find Out What Went Wrong Senator Joe Pennacchio today said more serious questions have been raised at...

Jun 4, 20202 min read

Senators Urge Sweeney: Ensure Protections for Disabled Residents, Provide Committee w/Subpoena Power

Senator Joe Pennacchio (R-26), Senator Kristin Corrado (R-40), Senator Declan O’Scanlon (R-13), and Senator Steven Oroho wrote to Senate...

Jun 3, 20202 min read

Pennacchio: Administration’s Failed COVID Response Had Led the Way to a Property Tax Increase

Says The State’s Problem Is Not That We Are Not Taxed Enough, But That We Spend Too Damn Much Senator Joe Pennacchio criticized the...

Jun 1, 20202 min read

State Department of Health’s Chaos led to Nursing Home Deaths

Pennacchio questions why Senate Select Committee has yet to be announced After published reports of a “scathing letter from health...