Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, following Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s remarks on the opioid crisis at a summit in West Virginia, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) criticized the Attorney General’s misguided effort to address the epidemic by cutting funding from preventative programs and using those resources to hire prosecutors.  In a letter to the Attorney General, Booker blasted him for what amounts to doubling down on the failed policies of the War on Drugs.  Sessions... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s Executive Order to create a commission to investigate voter fraud: “Make no mistake about it – today’s executive order is a thinly veiled voter suppression effort. If President Trump was truly concerned about the integrity of our elections, he would focus his energy on making it easier for American citizens to vote and investigating cases of voter... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement in response to the firing of FBI Director James Comey.  “The President of the United States just fired the person who was investigating his campaign, which should set off alarm bells across the country. The last time a presidential firing raised this many questions, America was in the middle of the Watergate crisis. “For months, I’ve been calling for an independent special counsel... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) urged the appropriations committee to support the Small Business Administration’s Growth Accelerator Fund, which provides founders of early-stage companies with education, mentorship, financing, and training.  In a letter to the Chair and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, Booker and... Read More

Washington, DC – U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement on the passage of Trumpcare in the House of Representatives today: “No family should go bankrupt because a loved one has cancer. No senior should have to decide between buying their prescription drugs or paying for groceries. No woman should have to travel hundreds of miles to access essential reproductive health services.   “This should never happen anywhere, and especially not in the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, 46 Senators, led by Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) re-introduced historic, comprehensive federal legislation to ban discrimination against LGBT Americans. The legislation was filed simultaneously in the U.S. House of Representatives by 194 Representatives, led by Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI). The Equality Act of 2017 would ensure full federal non-discrimination equality by adding sexual orientation and gender identity to... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – As airline executives testify on Capitol Hill today in the House Committee on Transportation, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) sent letters to the CEOs at ten major airlines urging them to improve the pay and benefits of their subcontractor workforce. In an effort to cut costs and boost profits, the airline industry has increasingly outsourced its on-the-ground service workers, subcontracting positions like baggage handlers, cabin cleaners, and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Patty Murray (D-WA), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) urging the agency to keep in place a crucial revision made to the Employer Information Report (EEO-1) form that collects compensation data to help address the persistent race and gender wage gap.  The letter was signed by 27 Senators and supported by 54 civil rights organizations.  The new EEO-1 form – set to... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, May Day, as thousands of protestors across the country march and organize for immigrant rights, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Judy Chu (D-CA) led a bicameral effort in Congress pushing the Department of Homeland Security to be more transparent with its detention processes. In a letter to DHS Secretary John Kelly that was signed by Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Al Franken (D-MN), and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and more... Read More

Washington, DC – U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the below statement following President Trump’s Executive Order on offshore drilling. “Offshore drilling and fossil fuel exploration in the Atlantic Ocean is a grave economic and environmental threat to New Jersey. New Jerseyans across the political spectrum have long fought to protect our beloved Jersey Shore from the dangers of offshore drilling, and President... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Richard Durbin (D-IL) led a letter signed by Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) urging the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to keep in place key parts of the bipartisan Conflict Minerals Rule, a provision of the Dodd-Frank Act that ensures that businesses who source products from conflict areas take steps to ensure their supply chain isn’t funding... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Tom Carper (D-DE) led a letter signed by Senators Ed Markey (D-MA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Bernie Sanders (D-VT), Chris Coons (D-DE), and Ben Cardin (D-MD) questioning the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) about revelations that it is revoking the membership of dozens of people enrolled in its Global Entry Program on the basis of religion. The Global Entry Program allows expedited... Read More

NEWARK, NJ – In the wake of a series of crippling delays along the Northeast Corridor, today U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) called on U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Elaine Chao to visit the century-old rail infrastructure connecting New Jersey and New York, including the trans-Hudson tunnels and Portal Bridge, to see firsthand the critical need for robust investment in our region’s rail... Read More

NEWARK, NJ – This week, U.S. Senator Cory Booker was joined by U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-09) and Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) in hosting a workshop for municipal officials to help strengthen opportunities for New Jersey communities in receiving federal funding through U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) grants, which assist in job creation and long-term economic growth.  New Jersey received less than 1% of the $250 million in economic development grants EDA awarded... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) pushed back against Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to review existing consent decrees with local law enforcement, urging him not to reverse Justice Department policy on the use of consent decrees, pointing to their effectiveness in combatting civil rights abuses and improving public safety.  Consent decrees are formal agreements that the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement:   “The bombings of two Coptic Orthodox churches in Egypt today are shocking and outrageous. The number of recent attacks targeting Coptic Egyptians – who have been an integral part of Egyptian society for generations – are a profoundly disturbing trend.   “President Sisi and the Egyptian government must bring the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – On the heels of two recent derailments at New York Penn Station that crippled travel along the Northeast Corridor, today U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Robert Menendez (both D-NJ) urged Senate leadership to include robust infrastructure funding in the FY 2018 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill. In a letter to Chairman Susan Collins and Ranking Member Jack Reed, Booker and Menendez called for $2.3 billion for the New Starts capital grant... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on the U.S. strike on Syria.  “The chemical attack in Syria that killed dozens of innocent civilians, including many children, is a heinous act and a crime against humanity. The ongoing war in Syria is a tragedy of historic proportions – the loss of life there unfathomable — and the United States should always seek to, in a thoughtful... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Cory Booker issued the following statement regarding Amtrak President and CEO Wick Moorman’s update on the causes of two recent train derailments that resulted in staggering delays across the Northeast Corridor.  “It comes as no surprise to learn that the recent Amtrak and NJ Transit derailments can largely be attributed to inadequate investment in our region’s infrastructure,” said Sen. Booker.  “If we continue down... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), and U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) today re-introduced the REDEEM Act (Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act), a bipartisan, bicameral bill to help fix our broken criminal justice system.  While the U.S. is home to less than five percent of the world’s population, it is responsible for almost 25 percent of the world’s prison population. Our crippled system wastes massive... Read More