Republican legislative leaders responded to Gov. Phil Murphy’s State of the State address Tuesday. Senate Minority leader Steve Oroho and Assembly Minority leader John DiMaio, who held a joint press conference immediately following the speech, criticized Murphy as a tax-and-spend governor.
“We need to make New Jersey more affordable. And year after year it’s become more expensive to live here … mostly because taxes are too high,” said DiMaio (R-Warren) who spoke about the need for tax-reducing measures, including a cut in the corporate business tax.
Oroho (R-Sussex) said, “Despite the rosy picture Governor Murphy is trying to paint, the state of the state is not good … We’ve the highest taxes, the most debt and the worst business climate in the nation.”
