State Senate President Stephen Sweeney is a Democrat representing Salem County and parts of Gloucester and Cumberland counties.
Stephen Sweeney"People want the minimum wage, they want marriage equality, they want women’s health care. There’s issues that actually that really do matter, social issues that…
"Seventy percent of the people in the state of New Jersey want marriage equality."
Says Chris Christie "vetoed" a "jobs package" of "30 bills."
Says "tenure still exists but it's been overhauled" for teachers in New Jersey.
Says "my plan is a property tax cut."
Says "67 percent of marriages now wind up in divorce."
"New Jersey's poverty rate has increased since this governor took office and the number of New Jerseyans without health insurance has risen."
Says the average government worker won't be impacted in the first two years under the reform of state health benefits.
Says that as a gubernatorial candidate, Chris Christie "promised no school cuts."