Robert Genuario Quotations

She made the do-no-harm call. Neither side could complain that something the other side got would hurt the state in the long run.

What is important to the governor is that any proposal be real and balanced.

We've got a lot of work to do. Frankly, I think you have to scrap the appropriations package if you're going to do tax cuts. ... It just doesn't work.

I don't think it's fair to characterize this as a gimmick. This is paid for. This is not a gimmick.

It is designed to be fair to municipalities, both large and small, and I believe it will do that. Candidly, the thinking was not to provide a bonus to towns. The thinking was to provide a bonus to taxpayers.

We don't think the state ought to be paying checks to folks through the income tax system when they don't pay income taxes.

Obviously, this is a mistake because it is inconsistent with the governor's bill to eliminate the car tax.

We like a lot of the concepts in this bill. A lot of the concepts in this bill came from the governor's budget . . . We're all on the same page getting to the end result.

It's April 3. The session ends May 3. We've got a lot of work to do.

We are grateful for the bipartisan effort to craft this important legislation. There will be no additional amounts paid by taxpayers, no tax increases, no tolls. Now is not the time to increase the price of gasoline.