Joseph Kyrillos, Jr. is a Republican state senator representing part of Monmouth County. The former chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee, Kyrillos is running in the November 2012 general election for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democrat Robert Menendez.
Joseph KyrillosSays Chris Christie was "behind" in the polls against Jon Corzine during the 2009 governor's race.
Says "when I voted against [an increase in the minimum wage], it was in the 80s."
Says under U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez’s watch the nation’s unemployment rate and debt doubled and the federal budget deficit quadrupled.
Says the United States has the "highest corporate tax rate in the world."
"Bob Menendez actually voted in favor of higher taxes more than 70 times!"
"We've got the highest corporate tax rate in the world."
"We are not producing jobs. We created 80,000 jobs last month. We don't talk about the jobs that we lost. The net of it all…
Says Robert Menendez is "the king of raising money from Wall Street, over a million dollars, one of the leaders in the United States Senate.…
"In my years in the State Legislature, I have never voted for a tax increase."
Says under the new health care law "the patient-doctor relationship will be eliminated."