Trenton, N.J. – Assemblyman Kevin J. Rooney (R-Bergen) expressed his great disappointment of the legislature’s failure to pass a fiscal year 2018 budget because of Democratic infighting. He gave the following statement:
“The failure of the Democratic majority in the legislature to provide the leadership needed to prevent a government shutdown is frustrating to me as a legislator and to the people I represent.
“This political gamesmanship is precisely why the people of New Jersey have lost faith in state government. This is not the way government should operate. Plain and simple.”
Republican Assemblymembers outside of the New Jersey State House.
Assemblyman Rooney stands with fellow Republicans at Governor Christie’s press conference discussing the budget and government shutdown on Saturday July 1, 2017.