Assemblyman Jon Bramnick, R-Essex, Morris, Somerset and Union, will facilitate a bipartisan press conference Thursday, June 10, 2010 at the State house to discuss the State’s latest efforts to divest from foreign companies that do business with Iran.

The press conference will coincide with the anniversary of last year’s Iranian election protests. The speakers will also release an updated list of companies that engage in business with Iran and are not eligible for pension fund investment. The State was required to divest from companies doing business with Iran after the passage of A-3043 in 2007, which was sponsored in the Assembly by Assemblywoman Stender and Assemblyman Bramnick and in the Senate by Senator Singer and Senator Vitale.

WHO:            
Assemblyman Jon Bramnick, Senator Robert Singer, R-Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean, and Mercer; Senator Joseph Vitale D-Middlesex; Senator Kip Bateman R-Morris and Somerset; Assemblywoman Linda Stender D-Middlesex, Somerset and Union; David Lentz, Chair, Community Relations Committee of United Jewish Communities MetroWest, and Danielle Flaum representing High school students from the teen-led organization No Nukes for Iran

WHEN:          
Thursday, June 10, 2010, 11 a.m.

WHAT:
Press Conference on State’s efforts to divest from foreign companies that conduct business with Iran

WHERE:
Conference Room 209, Statehouse, Trenton, NJ

Addressing the threat of Iran is not a matter to be heard solely in the UN and on the floor of our elected bodies in Washington. Placing economic pressure on Iran is not only the responsibility of the federal government. State and local governments have an important role to play in delivering the message that we as Americans stand united in our recognition of the dangers inherent in a nuclear Iran.

The Press Briefing is co-sponsored by the NJ Stop Iran Now Coalition which United Jewish Communities of MetroWest NJ is a member.

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Assemblyman Jon Bramnick/ 908-232-2073
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