State Senator Paul Sarlo (D-36), chair of the Budget Committee, sized up the terrain ahead of Governor Phil Murphy’s scheduled budget address at ten a.m. on Tuesday.

“Clearly COVID-19 locked our state down, which has caused significant pain, however, we are emerging better than a lot of other states in the nation,” Sarlo told InsiderNJ. “How do we rebuild our economy in a very quick manner? I understand there needs to be some borrowing.”

Murphy evidently wants to tap $4 billion from the $9.9 billion allowable by a law he enacted last month.

“We went through a very dark time in New Jersey, and I applaud the governor for the way he is handling this,” Sarlo said.