On Jan. 26, the 15 members of the N.J. Senate Republican caucus again called, in an open letter, for Senate President Sweeney to form a bipartisan investigative committee with subpoena power to examine the failures that led to thousands of nursing home deaths. The Jan. 26 letter cites five preceding letters – the first dating back to May 13 – none of which have been acknowledged.

In the Jan. 26 press release, N.J. Senate Republicans compared the state’s Senate Democrats to those in New York,…