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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 16, 20201 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 13, 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 8, 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 7, 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, 20202 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...
Jul 2, 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 29, 20203 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 29, 20202 min read


Pennacchio Objects to Efforts to Remove Columbus Statue in Parsippany
June 17, 2020Â Â Contact:Robbie Kenney/ (609) 847-3600 Senator Joe Pennacchio (R-26) released the following statement in reaction to a...
Jun 26, 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 25, 20202 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 19, 20204 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 16, 20203 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 11, 20202 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 11, 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 8, 20201 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, 20202 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, 20201 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 4, 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 4, 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...
Jun 2, 20202 min read
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