Quotes
“He was the lone Republican to vote against the first two bills of the Senate’s rebellious state budget.”
Gannett News Service (May 1, 2003)
“Three cheers for Ray Meier– a guy with a lot of guts.”
New York Post editorial (May 1, 2003)
“Senator Meier is clearly the only A-level candidate on the Republican side…”
New York State GOP Consultant (March 20, 2006)
“…we have always felt Mr. Meier was an effective representative of his constituents in Albany and appreciated his decision to maintain a satellite office in Massena to better serve residents…”
Daily Courier-Observer (March 23, 2006)
“This year’s bills also represent an unexpected partnership among the authors, Senator Raymond A. Meier, a conservative Republican from central New York, and two of the Assembly’s most liberal Democrats…”
The New York Times (June 30, 2001)
The state’s Medicaid program needs a major overhaul. The problem has grown beyond serious, and Sen. Raymond Meier is right when he says that unless New York gets its arms around the problem, New York could be headed for the same financial cliff that California nearly tumbled over.”
Utica Observer-Dispatch (January, 25, 2004)
“Ray has always been close to the true conservative philosophy. I have a high regard for him.”
Michael Long, Conservative Party Chairman (August 19, 2001)
“Sen. Raymond A. Meier and Rep. Sherwood L. Boehlert led the charge before the base closure commission in Buffalo, a task the two elected officials performed in 1995 in that successful effort to save the lab.”
Rome Daily Sentinel (June 28, 2005)
“The Senate should expedite a bill, sponsored by state Sen. Ray Meier, R-Western, that would require a sentence of life without parole for anyone who causes the death of a child intentionally or through abuse or torture”
Utica Observer Dispatch editorial (February 3, 2006)
“At this point, the Meier-Grannis package is the best idea going on how to keep the budget from being late…”
New York Times editorial (May 12, 2003)
