Press Releases

WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, issued the following statement condemning Trump’s executive order that directs federal agencies to boost the production of herbicide glyphosate, a chemical known to cause cancer: “This executive order is a slap in the face to the thousands of Americans who have gotten cancer from glyphosate. Trump’s executive order is nothing more than an attempt to protect one of... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Peter Welch (D-VT) sent a letter to Paramount Chairman & CEO David Ellison requesting he preserve all records related to the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery transaction. “On February 3, 2026, the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on... Read More

NEWARK, N.J. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement condemning DHS’ reported purchase of a proposed detention facility in Roxbury, NJ: “ICE’s most recent reported purchase of a warehouse in Roxbury to use as a detention center is an affront to the Roxbury community who resoundingly rejected the prospect of a facility weeks ago. I joined them in this call, expressing my clear and unequivocal opposition to the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, and Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote a letter to President Donald Trump after Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division announced her resignation on social media, with subsequent reports indicating that she was terminated. Ms. Slater’s removal... Read More

WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) joined a group of 13 Senate colleagues in sending a letter, led by U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-DE), to the leadership of the Senate Commerce and Appropriations Committees urging them to include advance appropriations for Amtrak and passenger rail programs in the next surface transportation reauthorization bill expected later this year. The senators asked for funding for Amtrak from fiscal year 2027 through at least FY31, emphasizing that... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, and Dick Durbin, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi after Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division announced her resignation on social media, with subsequent reports indicating that she was terminated. Booker and Durbin requested... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Iranians take to the streets demanding basic freedoms, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined a group of colleagues led by U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Senator James Lankford (R-OK) in introducing a bipartisan resolution condemning the Iranian regime for suppressing its citizens’ right to peacefully assemble and highlighting its long pattern of... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and U.S. Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12) reintroduced the bicameral Federal Jobs Guarantee Development Act, legislation that would establish a model federal jobs guarantee program in up to 15 high-unemployment communities and regions across the United States. Thanks to this legislation, hardworking Americans can gain access to a living wage and provide benefits like health insurance, paid sick leave, and paid family leave.... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) joined Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) and 5 Senate colleagues in introducing legislation that would improve quality and safety in nursing homes, following Republican efforts to roll back staffing standards that keep seniors safe. Republicans delayed the standards for nine years in the Big Ugly Bill and Donald Trump eliminated them after executives reportedly donated millions of dollars to his super PAC. Every... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Edward J. Markey (D-MA)—co-chairs of the U.S. Senate Environmental Justice Caucus—issued the following statement in response to Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin rescinding the 2009 endangerment finding today, undoing a landmark determination that requires the EPA to address greenhouse gas emissions and pollution because of the threat that climate change poses to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and U.S. Representatives Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10), Alma Adams (D-NC-12), and Jim McGovern (D-MD-02) reintroduced the bicameral Office of Small Farms Establishment Act, legislation to create a new Office of Small Farms at the US Department of Agriculture. The Office would directly serve small farms, ranches, and forest operations with grants and technical assistance and ensure that all USDA programs are designed to meet their... Read More

NEWARK, N.J. — Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced $123.2 million in federal funding for New Jersey programs he secured in the Fiscal Year 2026 government funding bills. “I wake up every day fighting for the people of New Jersey, and one of the most important parts of my job is to bring as much federal money back into our communities as I possibly can in order to support vital programs across our state’s twenty-one counties,” said Senator Booker. “The over 100 million in federal... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, issued the following statement: “Both those who support and oppose Sunday's decision by the Israeli Security Cabinet recognize it for what it is – a green light for unilateral annexation of the West Bank. This decision violates the Oslo Accords, threatens Israel’s security, and inflames already high tensions while undermining regional normalization efforts, including the Abraham... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), John Curtis (R-UT), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Dave McCormick (R-PA), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Steve Daines (R-MT), Alex Padilla (D-CA), and Ted Budd (R-NC) introduced the ePermit Act, bipartisan legislation designed to modernize and streamline federal environmental reviews and permitting by leveraging interactive, digital, and cloud-based technologies. This action follows the passage of companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives. The... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with seven of his Senate Democratic colleagues, sent a letter to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon urging her to rescind the Department’s guidance that restricts students from participating in nonpartisan civic engagement through the Federal Work-Study (FWS) program and limits the distribution of voter registration materials on college campuses. The senators noted that a statute under... Read More

PARAMUS, NJ – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) joined Congressman Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-05) and state and local leaders to reintroduce legislation related to school bus safety, Miranda’s Law. “Congress has the opportunity to act swiftly and decisively to protect our nation’s children,” said Senator Booker. “We shouldn’t wait for another tragedy to strike––like the one that took the lives of ten year old Miranda Vargas and Jennifer Williamson, a beloved Paramus teacher, eight long years... Read More

WEEHAWKEN, N.J. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) hosted a press conference alongside New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill, members of New Jersey’s Congressional delegation, and union members affected by President Trump’s withholding of federal funds for the nation’s largest, most significant public infrastructure project, the Gateway Tunnel Project. Work on the tunnel ceased today due to President Trump’s failure to release funding, and approximately 1,000 union members were laid off. The... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Mike Rounds (R-SD), and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) along with Congressmen Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Jay Obernolte (R-CA), reintroduced the AI Grand Challenges Act, a bipartisan, bicameral bill to harness the promise of artificial intelligence to solve complex problems across a range of sectors, including health, energy, environment, national security, materials science, and cybersecurity – as well as address AI system-specific challenges like... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) introduced the Federal Grant Neutrality Act, legislation designed to stop the politicization of Department of Justice (DOJ) federal grants and prevent the DOJ from imposing unfair conditions on jurisdictions represented by Democrats. The bill ensures that grants cannot be withheld to punish jurisdictions for refusing to enforce partisan federal immigration... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined his colleagues in calling on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem to immediately resign, citing her deplorable leadership of the department. In a letter led by Senator Peter Welch (D-VT), Booker and U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Alex Padilla (D-CA), and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) emphasized how the horrifying conduct of immigration agents in Minnesota has led to a... Read More