Scott Rumana

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Scott T. Rumana is a Republican member of the New Jersey state Assembly. He serves on the following Committees: Education, Bipartisan Leadership Committee; Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities; Joint Committee on the Public Schools."

Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council

About ALEC

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Rumana, in a May 1, 2009 press release, cited an American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) anti-union and anti-tax report that Rumana supported. The report read, it "show[s] that New Jersey’s high personal and corporate income taxes, along with pro-union policies and a lack of 'tax or expenditure limits' point to a dismal economic future for the Garden State. The authors of the report said, 'We remind lawmakers that levying tax increases is not a sustainable answer for budget problems. Especially during an economic downturn, states need to be doing everything they can to become more competitive, not less.'”

Support for ALEC Model Legislation

In 2010, Americans for Prosperity (a Koch Family Foundations front group) named 17 New Jersey legislators “Health Care Heroes” for their support of bringing a legal challenge against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This proposal mirrors the ALEC-written “Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act.”