Washington, DC - Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement after the Senate voted to override President Obama's veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), which gives 9/11 victims' families the right to take legal action in U.S. court for any role that the Saudi government may have played in the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. Booker, a cosponsor of the bill, voted to override the President's veto and uphold JASTA.
"There is not a day that goes by that I don't reflect on the pain and horror of September 11th, the innocent people who were taken from us, and the brave first responders - many New Jersey's own - who gave their lives to aid their fellow Americans that day. The United States government should not deny 9/11 victims' families the right to seek every measure of justice possible."