Republican Senators Urge Sweeney to Issue Preservation Letters to Health Department
Following troubling accusations of dysfunction and potential misconduct within the Department of Health, Senate Republican Leader Tom...
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- Jun 1, 2020
- 2 min
Pennacchio Resolution Seeks Federal Action to Assist Businesses Struggling to Survive
Rental Forgiveness for Commercial Tenants and Tax Deductions for Landlords Could Help Fuel Economic Recovery Senator Joe Pennacchio...
- May 29, 2020
- 2 min
Chaos at the State Department of Health
Pennacchio: Fired Deputy Commissioner Should be Called as Witness for Special Senate Committee As reported in the New Jersey Globe, the...
- May 28, 2020
- 4 min
Senate Republicans Call on Governor to Provide Clarity & Take Action to Reopen More of NJ
The fifteen members of the Senate Republican caucus sent the following letter (click here for PDF) to Governor Phil Murphy calling for...
- May 28, 2020
- 2 min
Revised Figures Show One In 10 Nursing Home Residents in New Jersey Died from COVID-19
Senator Pennaccchio: These Numbers are Horrifying While the state slowly emerges from the grasp of the coronavirus, death tolls,...
- May 27, 2020
- 2 min
Pennacchio: Subpoenas Necessary for Productive Investigation into State’s COVID Response
Says Hearing Should be Held in Trenton Senator Joe Pennacchio once again commended news that the Senate will establish a special...
- May 22, 2020
- 1 min
Senate Accepts Pennacchio Call for Special Committee to Investigate NJ’s Response to COVID-19 Crisis
State Senator Joe Pennacchio today thanked Senate President Steve Sweeney and Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean, Jr. for allowing the...
- May 22, 2020
- 2 min
Pennacchio: Early On, CDC Warned NJ and NY Not to Introduce COVID Patients into Nursing Homes
12,000 Long-Term Care Patients Died in Two States Senator Joe Pennacchio, appalled and frustrated by the loss of life in New Jersey and...
- May 21, 2020
- 2 min
State Went Out of Its Way to Protect Inspectors While Denying Nursing Home Patients, Staff
Pennacchio: Misguided Health Policy Allowed 6,000 to Die A published report stating that as the coronavirus gained a foothold, the health...
- May 21, 2020
- 2 min
Senate Can’t Allow Administration to Cover Up Its Nursing Home Failures
Senator Joe Pennacchio, Senator Steven Oroho, Senator Declan O’Scanlon, and Senator Kristin Corrado sent a letter (click here for PDF) to...
- May 20, 2020
- 2 min
State’s Revision of Nursing Home Deaths an Insult to Those Who Lost Their Lives and Their Families
Renews Call for Senate Select Committee Investigation into Executive Branch’s Handling of Pandemic What can the state do when the number...
- May 19, 2020
- 4 min
Senate Must Act to Prevent Greater Loss of Life at NJ’s Long-Term Care Facilities
Say Evidence Mounting that Thousands of Deaths in Nursing & Veterans Homes Were Preventable Senator Steven Oroho, Senator Joe Pennacchio,...
- May 18, 2020
- 2 min
Pennacchio Dismayed by Lack of Communication Between Governor, Health Commissioner as Coronavirus Ta
‘After two months of isolation, it is unbelievable the Governor and health commissioner have yet to have a one-on-one talk.’ Senator Joe...
- May 15, 2020
- 1 min
Pennacchio: Murphy’s Vote-by-Mail Decision Feeds into Despair
Instead of Giving Residents Hope, this Message Shows the Governor’s Policies are Controlled by Fear Senator Joe Pennacchio today called...
- May 14, 2020
- 2 min
Pennacchio Legislation Would Help Commercial Tenants, Landlords Survive Coronavirus Crisis
Says Bill is a Win-Win for Businesses and Commercial Property Owners Senator Joe Pennacchio has introduced legislation that would provide...
- May 14, 2020
- 2 min
Pennacchio Calls for Investigation of Executive Branch’s COVID-19 Response During Senate Session
Moves a Resolution to Create a Senate Select Committee Senator Joe Pennacchio today attempted to implore his colleagues in the State...
- May 12, 2020
- 2 min
Pennacchio: New Jersey Nursing Home COVID-19 Policy was ‘Follow the Leader’ with New York
NJ Department of Health Response Seemed Lost New Jersey State Senator Joe Pennacchio has obtained copies of both New Jersey and New York...
- May 11, 2020
- 2 min
Citing Nursing Home Deaths, Pennacchio Renews Call for Senate Select Oversight Committee on Pandemic
Introduces Resolution Calling for Legislative Investigation to Begin Immediately Recent reports show that 50 percent of all New Jersey...
- May 8, 2020
- 2 min
Pennacchio: State Imposed ‘No Test Order’ for Admission to Nursing Homes
New Jersey Highest in Nation in COVID Deaths at Long-Term Care Facilities Senator Joe Pennacchio has obtained a letter sent by the New...
- May 7, 2020
- 5 min
Pennacchio: New Jersey Failed Our Most Vulnerable Population
50% of New Jersey’s COVID-19 Deaths Occurred in State Regulated Nursing Facilities Statement from Senator Joe Pennacchio (R-26): On...
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