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Senate Republicans Unanimously Back Tom Kean for Senate President

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:02:28 +0000

The Senate Republican caucus announced today that they have unanimously voted to keep their strong leadership team in place for the next year. In addition, the senators also unanimously agreed to cast their votes for Senator Tom Kean as the next Senate president.

“Over the last decade, the policies of Governor Corzine and his allies have failed New Jersey’s struggling middle class,” Senate Republican Leader Kean said. “People are looking for change in Trenton, and our caucus is united and determined to provide real alternatives to the governor’s failed policies that will create jobs and make our state more affordable for everyone.”

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Singer Urges Corzine to Join Calls for U.S. Attorney to Investigate Claims Made by FDA

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:00:11 +0000

Menendez, Lautenberg, Pallone & Rothman Received Donations from ReGen Biologics, Pressured FDA to Approve Company’s Medical Device

Senator Robert Singer (R-30) urged Governor Jon Corzine to join his call for the United States Attorney’s Office to investigate shocking revelations that four New Jersey congressmen exerted pressure on the Food and Drug Administration to force the approval of a medical device after receiving campaign donations from several executives of ReGen Biologics, the producer of the device.

In a published report, the New York Times stated: “The agency has never before publicly questioned the process behind one of its approvals, never admitted that a regulatory decision was influenced by politics, and never accused a former commissioner of questionable conduct.”

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Singer: Congressmen Must Oppose Baucus Plan That Hurts NJ’s Middle-Class Taxpayers

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:06:53 +0000

Senator Robert Singer, the senior Republican member of the Senate Health, Human Services & Senior Citizens Committee, expressed concern today about a recently announced proposal in the US Senate Finance Committee that could dramatically increase the premiums that New Jersey families pay for health insurance. The bill is schedule to be introduced today and marked up in the Finace Committee next week; it is sponsored by Montana Senator Max Baucus.

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Singer Calls on Corzine, Menendez and Lautenberg to Investigate Federal Stimulus Allocations

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:09:26 +0000

New Jersey Gets $26 Million for Police While Ohio Gets $80 Million

Senator Robert Singer, the Senate Republican Conference Leader, called on Governor Corzine and United State Senators Menendez and Lautenberg and an investigation and reconsideration of $1 billion of federal economic stimulus grants awarded to police departments throughout the country. On July 28, Vice President Joe Biden announced grant recipients and indicated that only 18 of approximately 300 local governments in New Jersey that spent time and money applying for grants received any funding.

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Singer: Feds Planning to Push Medicaid Costs onto State Taxpayers

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:29:15 +0000

Senator Bob Singer, the ranking Republican on the Senate Health, Human Services & Senior Citizen Committee, issued the following statement regarding published reports in The Hill that the federal government is planning to shift Medicaid costs to the states to help fund healthcare reform:

“A bipartisan group of governors is trying to stop the federal government from shifting the costs of Medicaid to the states. Sadly, the State of New Jersey has not lent its voice to the growing chorus of voices opposing this additional burden on already stressed state taxpayers.

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Singer Bill Aiding Assisted Living Residents Becomes Law

Fri, 29 May 2009 21:16:24 +0000

Senator Robert Singer (R-30) has shepherded a bill into law that requires assisted living facilities to provide private pay residents with an informational sheet concerning Medicaid eligibility. The governor signed the bill today. The new law requires written information explaining eligibility for participation in the Medicaid program be distributed to all prospective and current private pay nursing home residents, their payer or guardians.

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Singer Advances Bill Protecting Workers in Correction and Psychiatric Hospitals

Thu, 14 May 2009 16:53:19 +0000

Senator Robert Singer, R-Lakewood, praised the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee for approving Senate Bill 222, which will close a loophole that prevents some workers injured at state psychiatric institutions or correctional facilities from receiving full disability benefits. Temporary workers or workers in high risk positions who have not completed one year of service aren’t eligible for the same disability benefits as co-workers who have more seniority.

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Singer Bill Would Preserve Age Restrictions on Senior Housing Following Foreclosure

Tue, 12 May 2009 14:35:37 +0000

In response to concerns that foreclosed properties in some senior communities may be converted to affordable housing without age restrictions, Senator Robert Singer (R-30) has introduced legislation that would maintain the age-restricted status of housing sold in foreclosure and bankruptcy sales.

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Singer: Nursing Home Bill Will Reduce ‘Medicaid Evictions’

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:43:24 +0000

Senator Robert Singer, Republican member of the Health, Human Services, and Senior Citizens Committee, issued the following statement after reading the Department of Public Advocate’s report detailing allegations that elderly patients were evicted on short notice from one company’s nursing homes when their personal savings were exhausted.

“My bill, S-221, would require nursing homes to work with private pay patients to ensure that the residents are aware of where they are on a waiting list for a Medicaid bed before their private funds run out and Medicaid takes over,” Singer said.

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Singer Introduces Legislation in Response to Recent Hepatitis B Outbreak in Toms River

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:57:58 +0000

Senator Robert Singer (R-30) is drafting legislation that would require a physician who performs intravenous therapy to register with the Department of Health and Senior Services. The purpose of this bill is to ensure that medical practices that provide intravenous oncology and hematology therapies maintain uniform infection prevention and control procedures to ensure the health and safety of patients treated in a physician’s office. The bill is in response to the discovery of five people who had been infected with hepatitis B after receiving care at a local doctor’s office.

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