Phil Murphy in 2022 Governor's State of the State speeches


On Abortion: Will sign bill securing woman's right to choose into law

I thank and congratulate the Legislature on passing and sending to my desk a bill that will secure a woman's access to reproductive care and her right to choose into state law. These decisions must be kept between a woman and her doctor, period. I will sign this into law this week. And I am especially proud that we are getting this done before the United States Supreme Court renders its ruling challenging Roe v Wade, which it is poised to overturn.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to New Jersey legislature Jan 11, 2022

On Health Care: More people have insurance and they're paying less for it

We are making high-quality health care both more affordable and more accessible. Since our administration took office, health insurance rates in the individual marketplace are 22 percent lower than they would've been without our actions. And for 2022, enrollment in health insurance through our individual marketplace is up 25 percent over last year. So, here's what this means--more people have insurance and they're paying less for it.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to New Jersey legislature Jan 11, 2022

On Jobs: One way to make state more affordable is pay a livable wage

Four years ago, New Jersey's minimum wage was $8.65 an hour--a wage that locked countless hard-working New Jersey families into a cycle of poverty. Today, our minimum wage is $13 an hour and on a path to $15, with hundreds of thousands of families now starting to reach up and pull themselves into the middle class. Here is an obvious truth some still try to deny--one meaningful way to make New Jersey more affordable is to make sure more New Jerseyans have a living wage. And we are on that path.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to New Jersey legislature Jan 11, 2022

On Principles & Values: For all of us, the politicking ends and the governing begins

You are sick and tired of the hyper-partisanship, the bickering, the inaction, the division, and the endless finger-pointing we see in Washington. So am I. And we don't want that political stagnation to creep into our work here in Trenton. Not in our very backyard. Not when there is still too much uncertainty in our lives and our communities, and too many challenges ahead. From today forward, for all of us, the politicking ends and the governing begins. That's true patriotism.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to New Jersey legislature Jan 11, 2022

On Tax Reform: Greater tax fairness, cuts for middle, families, seniors

We inherited a state that worked for too few and which was at a crossroads. We chose to move the state in a new direction. We are moving New Jersey forward. Today, New Jersey is working again for the many, not the few. We have greater tax fairness. We've cut taxes for our middle-class and working families, and our seniors, fourteen times. And I commit to you now that the state budget I propose in a few weeks won't raise taxes.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to New Jersey legislature Jan 11, 2022

On Tax Reform: State school funding is property tax relief

We invested $3 billion more in our public schools across our first four years than the prior administration did across its last four. This year we are investing $1.5 billion more in pre-K-through-12 education than in the year I took office. We are doing this not just because our kids deserve it but because our property taxpayers do, too. School funding is property tax relief.

Every single one of these dollars we as a state have invested is a dollar kept in the pockets of property taxpayers.

Source: 2022 State of the State Address to New Jersey legislature Jan 11, 2022

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