Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Tim Scott (R-SC) and U.S. Representatives Ron Kind (D-WI) and Mike Kelly (R-PA) introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill reforming Opportunity Zones, the tax incentive for individuals who reinvest unrealized capital gains into high-impact projects in underserved communities. Additionally, U.S. Senators Mark Warner (D-VA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Todd Young (R-IN) and Representatives Terri Sewell (D-AL-07), Dan Kildee (D-MI-05),... Read More

Washington, DC. - U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement: “For the first time in America’s history, a Black woman will sit on the highest court in our nation’s land. Like many Americans, I feel immense pride and so much joy at this historic occasion. “As Judge Jackson ascends to the United States Supreme Court, I see in her the affirmation of our ancestors who suffered the indignities of this country yet... Read More

Washington, D.C – U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez (both D-N.J.) issued the following statement in response to the Biden Administration’s decision to end Title 42: “We are glad that the Administration has made the decision to end Title 42 expulsions. Title 42 is a Trump-era relic that prevented the Department of Homeland Security from implementing our immigration laws and enriched smuggling networks by allowing vulnerable migrants to make... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez (both D-N.J.) today applauded the bipartisan Senate confirmation of attorney Georgette F. Castner to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Castner, who was confirmed by a 52-47 vote, is the fifth Biden nominee seated on New Jersey’s federal bench, which had been facing a declared “judicial emergency” due to several longstanding district court vacancies prior to the Biden Administration.“I celebrate the confirmation... Read More

Washington, DC. - Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced the Stillbirth Health Improvement and Education (SHINE) for Autumn Act, legislation that aims to reduce the alarmingly high U.S. stillbirth rate. Named after Autumn Joy, a New Jersey baby who was stillborn in 2011, the bill would provide critical resources to states, local public health departments, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other related federal agencies to... Read More

Washington, DC. - Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement on President Biden signing the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law: “As our nation strives to become a more perfect union, we must reckon with America’s past, including the history of racialized violence that has permeated our nation. Antilynching legislation will not heal the pain experienced by the more than 4,000 African American men, women, and children who were lynched during the... Read More

Newark, N.J. - Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez (both D-NJ) and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy applauded the allocation of $228.3 million in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery funds to New Jersey to help the state further recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Ida. Congress appropriated this funding in the continuing resolution passed September 30, 2021, and last month Booker led 11 other members of the New Jersey... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, applauded the bipartisan vote in the House of Representatives to pass the CROWN Act. Booker first introduced the Senate version of the CROWN Act in 2019.Although existing federal law prohibits some forms of hair discrimination as a type of racial or national origin discrimination, some federal courts have narrowly construed those protections in a way that permits schools,... Read More

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced that tens of millions of dollars in federal funding for critical New Jersey programs, projects, and priorities he worked to secure were included in the $1.5 trillion Fiscal Year 2022 government funding bill which passed the Senate last night. “From improving water infrastructure to preventing homelessness to creating and expanding support programs that serve youth, domestic violence survivors, and families, the projects funded... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), alongside Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), issued the following joint statement in response to the Biden Administration’s decision to maintain Title 42 in effect:“We are deeply disappointed in the Biden Administration’s decision to maintain Title 42. While we recognize that the Administration made the right choice to prevent unaccompanied children from being... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez (both D-NJ) today voted to approve the $1.5 trillion Fiscal Year 2022 government funding bill which provides significant investments in transportation, housing and education for New Jersey. Sens. Booker and Menendez also fought to secure federal funding in the bill designed exclusively for community projects across the state. The package also includes $13.6 billion in emergency funding to assist Ukraine and NATO allies.“Tonight,... Read More

Washington D.C. -- U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement:“After 200 failed attempts and over a century’s worth of efforts, I am proud to say that Congress has finally passed legislation to criminalize lynching, a shameful instrument of terror used to intimidate and oppress Black Americans. During the 19th and 20th centuries, more than 4,000 African-American men, women, and children were lynched and between 1936 and 1938, the national headquarters of the... Read More

Washington D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Tim Scott (R-SC) introduced legislation to make lynching a federal crime. Booker and Scott, along with then-Senator Kamala Harris, first launched their effort to make lynching a federal crime in 2018.Named after Emmett Till, a 14-year old boy who was brutally lynched in 1955, the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act would amend the United States Code to specify that lynching is a crime that warrants an enhanced sentence under... Read More

Washington, DC -- U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement:“I’m deeply grateful to President Biden for conducting a rigorous and thorough process to determine his first Supreme Court nominee. He clearly found the best person for the job.“I’m so impressed with Judge Jackson’s exemplary career, particularly her experience as a public defender -- a deeply important role in our justice system that no one who’s ever served on the... Read More

Washington, DC — Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement:“Just five years ago I visited Ukraine to meet with the nation’s leaders to discuss the urgent threats they faced from ongoing Russian aggression. I found a hopeful, resilient people determined to build a free, prosperous nation that is a part of the international community, and I was lifted then as I am now by Ukrainians’ fierce commitment to democratic... Read More

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Tim Scott (R-SC) celebrated the passage of a bipartisan resolution commemorating Black History Month and the important contributions made by Black Americans throughout United States history. Booker and Scott are authors of the resolution. The resolution recognizes the enslavement of African Americans and the continuing racial injustices that still “remain evident in the society of the United States.” It underscores that this month... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) joined Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and John Cornyn (R-TX) to introduce a bill that would support the families of officers who struggle with their mental health or who are lost to trauma-linked suicides. These families are struggling to receive the benefits they deserve because federal law currently limits the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits (PSOB) program to only cover physical injuries—completely excluding any support for mental health... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tom Carper (D-DE), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced the Right Whale Coexistence Act, legislation that would establish a new grant program to fund collaborative research between government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and maritime industries to reduce human impacts on North Atlantic right whales. Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA-06) is introducing companion legislation in the... Read More

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Representative Cori Bush (D-MO) led 100 of their colleagues in urging President Biden to reverse inhumane immigration policies, such as Title 42, originally introduced under the Trump Administration, that continue to mistreat and harm Black migrants. The letter comes in the aftermath of disturbing images from September 2021, in which Texas border patrol agents were seen beating and abusing  Haitian migrants entering the... Read More

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and other members of the New Jersey Congressional delegation urged Deanne Criswell, Administrator to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to provide data on natural disasters last year as quickly as possible to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). HUD needs this data in order to calculate the allocation of the funding appropriated by Congress for New Jersey and other states to recover from the devastation of... Read More