New Jersey’s two sitting U.S. senators came together to talk about a bill in the state Legislature that would “consolidate” state government watchdog agencies.

Flanked by state Attorney General Matt Platkin and acting Comptroller Kevin Walsh, Sen. Andy Kim said that there is a “crisis of confidence in governance in New Jersey.”

“This effort to be able to gut transparency and accountability in our state right now which is in the bill before this committee today is the wrong move at this moment,” he said. “We need more accountability, more oversight, rather than less.”

Platkin asked what problem the bill is actually addressing and why strengthening the State Commission of Investigation would come at the expense of weakening the anti-corruption efforts of the comptroller.

“Does anybody in

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