The governor, a Democrat, holds out hope that Congress can come up with another round of pandemic relief. He discusses the measures he's taking in the meantime to shore up the state's finances.
"Almost everybody is hurting, but particularly, low-income workers and their families have been crushed," he tells"Small businesses have been crushed. ... The impact has been staggering across the board."
Of the estimated $500 billion needed by the states, New Jersey could need as much as $20 billion, says Murphy, who is also chairman of the Democratic Governors Association. I still hold out hope for a significant slug because this is long past the time when folks said,"Well, gosh, it was the Northeast blue states or the states with legacy structural deficits." It's quite clear that this is an American problem and it runs to red and blue states alike. And so I remain optimistic that we're going to get something — frustrated for sure. ... I've just put a [proposed] budget in place a couple of weeks ago ...
My answer is he's wrong, unfortunately and as usual. I got elected actually almost three years ago to fix the economy. And part of that was to get our fiscal house in order. And we have made enormous progress. Now, there is still a long way to travel, but I would say to leader McConnell, we've got our pension issue under control. That's not what this is about.
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