Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), and U.S. Representative Chris Deluzio (D-PA-17) introduced the Let Kids Play Act, a bicameral bill aimed at stopping Wall Street from pricing kids out of youth sports by banning private equity firms from the space, curbing predatory practices that drive up costs, and returning money to families who have been overcharged. The legislation is co-sponsored in the House by U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C — U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and John Kennedy (R-LA), members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced theViolent Incident Clearance and Technological Investigative Methods (VICTIM) Act to establish a grant program at the Department of Justice (DOJ) to help state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies to solve more crimes and improve clearance rates for homicides and firearm-related violent crimes. “Solving violent crime is the most powerful deterrent we have, and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), John Boozman (R-AR), and U.S. Representatives Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ-2) and Ami Bera (D-CA-6) announced the launch of the Congressional International Exchanges Caucus. The members are launching this caucus to bolster engagement and support for international exchange programs, particularly those administered by the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). “I am thrilled to join my colleagues in launching the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), co-chair of the Senate Environmental Justice Caucus, and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), along with U.S. Representatives Nanette Barragán (D-CA-44) and Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10), led 34 members from both chambers in opposition to EPA Administrator Zeldin’s Risk Management Program (RMP) Rule. The Common Sense Approach to Chemical Accident Prevention rule would weaken 2024 protections designed to keep workers, emergency responders, and communities... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is leading a renewed effort to confront the gun violence epidemic plaguing communities across the United States. In a push to address this public health crisis—now the leading cause of death for children and teens in the United States—Booker, along with Senators Peter Welch (D-VT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Alex Padilla (D-CA), reintroduced... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, slammed the Supreme Court’s recent decision in the Louisiana v. Callais case, attacking the Voting Rights Act. In recent interviews, Booker has called out the decision stating, “The Court today ensures that it will be remembered as one of the most destructive and deeply irresponsible Courts in the history of our nation,”and “This isn’t about left or right. It’s not about... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Adam Schiff (D-CA), both members of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, issued the following statement in response to the House-passed Farm Bill’s inclusion of language that would preempt California’s Proposition 12 and other state laws: "We are extremely disappointed that today's House-passed Farm Bill includes language to preempt California's Prop 12 and other state laws. These laws set bare-minimum sanitation and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and U.S. Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA-17) are co-leading a letter urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to reject proposed rules that would permanently increase line speeds in poultry and pork processing facilities. In a letter sent to USDA Under Secretary Mindy Brashears, the lawmakers warned that the proposed... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rick Scott (R-FL) celebrated the passage of a bipartisan resolution designating April as Parkinson’s Awareness Month. Parkinson’s is the fastest-growing neurodegenerative disorder in the world, bringing progressive challenges with movement, balance, and cognition. Nearly 90,000 Americans receive a diagnosis each year, and more than one million people in the United States are currently living with the disease. Senator Booker, whose father... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Dave McCormick (R-PA), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, have introduced landmark bipartisan legislation to significantly elevate U.S. engagement in the Eastern Mediterranean and accelerate cooperation on energy, trade, and critical infrastructure. The Eastern Mediterranean Gateway Act would strengthen the region’s role as a strategic connector between the United States, India, the Middle East, and Europe by mobilizing U.S.... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, has introduced legislation to restore integrity and independence to federal antitrust enforcement. The Correcting Lapsed Enforcement in Antitrust Norms for Mergers Act (CLEAN Mergers Act) would restore the integrity of antitrust enforcement by requiring divestiture of mergers consummated during Trump’s second term, valued at over $10... Read More

WASHINGTON D.C — In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee,  oined cancer survivors and Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) activists for a rally held at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, vowing to remain a relentless ally in their fight to hold corporations accountable for manufacturing products containing glyphosate, a pesticide that has given thousands of people who used Bayer’s RoundUp, cancer. In February, President Donald J. Trump... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and 26 of his Senate colleagues are launching an investigation into a Trump Administration decision that could effectively end the existence of certain endangered species. The decision would grant an Endangered Species Act (ESA) exemption for oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico. At an Endangered Species Committee meeting convened on March 31, 2026 by the Department of Interior (DOI), Department of Defense (DOD) Secretary Pete Hegseth... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, is working to end the Wall Street buy-up of farmland across the nation. Today, Booker reintroduced the Farmland for Farmers Act, legislation that would limit corporate ownership of farmland in the United States. If passed, this legislation would ensure that farmland is in the hands of working farmers. Farmland ownership has long been a foundation of economic stability in rural America, but... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the heels of Earth Day and ahead of Arbor Day, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, along with U.S. Representatives Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11) and Doris Matsui (D-CA-7), announce the Neighborhood Tree Act, legislation to provide federal funds for tree-planting programs in urban and underserved communities. The Neighborhood Tree Act would establish the Neighborhood Tree Fund at the U.S. Department of... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Earth Day, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and U.S. Representatives Summer Lee (D-PA-12), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ-07), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12)—Co-Chairs of the Senate and House Environmental Justice Caucuses—underscored how the Trump Administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” mantra is yet another broken promise to the American people. At a press conference on Capitol Hill, the lawmakers officially unveiled their... Read More

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, issued the following statement in response to the WBD shareholders vote on the Paramount-Skydance/ Warner Bros. Discovery Merger: “Thousands of actors, writers and directors, numerous unions, First Amendment scholars, antitrust enforcers, and everyday Americans oppose this merger for a reason: it’ll cut jobs, jack up prices for... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement in response to Trump administration’s reclassification of state-licensed medical marijuana to a schedule III substance: “Finally, the federal government has loosened the decades-long policy that treated marijuana like heroin and methamphetamine, a policy researchers, elected officials, and everyday Americans have long understood was wrong. The Department of Health and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, sent letters to Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Allen & Company, and Evercore, demanding information about undisclosed conflicts of interest in the proposed $111 billion acquisition of WBD by Paramount-Skydance Corporation. WBD shareholders are scheduled to vote on the merger today, April 23, 2026. On April 16—one week before that vote—WBD filed a... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, released a new documentary-style video exposing the consequences of the proposed merger between Paramount-Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery. Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders are set to vote on the proposed merger tomorrow, April 23, 2026. The video features interviews with experts, advocates, and independent journalists,... Read More