Jon S. Corzine: “With full expectation and understanding of the position, I am disappointed with the objection that has been raised, but…”

“With full expectation and understanding of the position, I am disappointed with the objection that has been raised, but I am not surprised. We have a critical need to get focused on our economy in this country. The needs of the American people are not being addressed. It is not because we are having this debate. We could move off this debate and move to the economy today, then come back to it like we did with regard to the omnibus appropriations. The American people should know there are proposals on the table that would stimulate this economy and get it moving, instead of seeing unemployment rates skyrocket, instead of seeing deficits as far as the eye can see being put in place, with no attention being drawn to them, without dealing with the core things that matter in families' lives, in real people's lives. We could do that and still come back to this and have a full constitutional and responsible debate about what is needed to review a candidate and get on with the real needs facing our country. I find it very difficult to understand where we are with regard to a lot of these priorities at this point in time, and I hope we will see the light before we have to go further with more of these serious problems that our American families face with their economic security.”