Leonard Lance: “I want to reiterate the concerns of my constituents, and I would like to work in a fashion where we are effective to…”

I commend the Commission and the members of the subcommittee for the good, bipartisan work that has occurred over the past year and a half.

I opposed the original legislation in New Jersey because it opened the door to the diversion as we are seeing today.

Lawmakers in state capitals including Trenton and in several other state capitals around the country have raided the funds set aside to improve the 9-1-1 system.

New Jersey has become the worst 9-1-1 fee diverter in the country, diverting over one billion dollars to non-9-1-1 related purposes.