Press Releases

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

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Andy Kim (D-NJ) are urging President Donald J. Trump to approve the Major Disaster Declaration requested earlier this month by New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill, following severe winter weather in February that killed 12 people across nine counties, caused power outages affecting 127,230 customers, and led to 544 car accidents and nearly $100 million in damages. "The severe winter storm that the State of New Jersey experienced on Sunday,... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, convened a shadow hearing this week examining the proposed Paramount–Skydance acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. At the hearing, Booker heard from acclaimed actor Mark Ruffalo; Academy Award–winning filmmaker David Borenstein; Director of Legal Services at the Writers Guild Michael Isaac; attorney and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), as well as U.S. Representatives Alma Adams (D-NC-12) and Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14), reintroduced a bicameral resolution recognizing April 11 through April 17 as Black Maternal Health Week. The resolution aims to bring national attention to the maternal health crisis in the United States and the urgent need to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity rates among Black mothers. On Tuesday, April 14, 2026, Senator Booker participated in Protect... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement:  “With no congressional approval or strategy for success, Trump has led America into a reckless, dangerous quagmire in Iran that continues to spiral out of control. I am using every tool available to me to stop this war, and do not support more weapons to continue the combat, whether it is to our own government or to one of our closest allies. I will... 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, held a spotlight forum examining the anticompetitive impacts of the proposed Paramount-Skydance acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Senators heard testimony from Academy Award-winning director and producer David Borenstein; actor and producer Mark Ruffalo; Writers Guild of America East Legal Director Michael Isaac; Senior... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Africa and Global Health Policy Subcommittee and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement marking the third anniversary of the brutal start of the war in Sudan. Booker was joined by four of his colleagues on the Committee, including Ranking Member Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chris Coons (D-DE), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD). The senators are calling on the Quad, which is led... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) released the following statement after the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (HEAR) Act—legislation designed to support the recovery of art stolen by the Nazi regime and to strengthen avenues for justice for Holocaust survivors and their families—was signed into law.  “Despite decades-long efforts by the United States and allies to return Nazi-looted art to Holocaust victims and their heirs, over 100,000 works of art have yet to be recovered and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, six additional U.S. Democratic Senators — Senators Merkley (OR), Gillibrand (NY), Van Hollen (MD), Kelly (AZ), Warnock (GA), and Kim (NJ) —will join Senators Booker (NJ), Kaine (VA), Murphy (CT), Schiff (CA), Baldwin (WI), and Duckworth (IL) in filing War Powers resolutions that can be used to force a vote to stop the war in Iran. War Powers resolutions are privileged, meaning they can be brought to the Senate floor for a vote by any senator ten calendar days after... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) released the following statement: “Before President Trump started his illegal and unpopular war of choice, the Strait of Hormuz was open and free of violence, gas was significantly cheaper, and thousands more people–including thirteen American servicemembers–were alive. “This temporary ceasefire agreement—which is already being... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) are urging JBS USA, the world’s largest meat processor, to immediately negotiate a fair contract with striking members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 in Greeley, Colorado. In a letter to JBS leadership, the senators press the company to provide workers with a safe workplace and with fair and livable wages. “JBS workers engage in incredibly difficult, dangerous jobs, but ones that... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC— U.S. Senator Cory Booker and 41 of his colleagues are demanding clear answers on why an airstrike in Iran hit a girls’ elementary school, killing over 168 people, mostly school aged girls. In a letter to Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Pete Hegseth, Booker and his colleagues called for a full investigation and transparency around U.S. military actions and key decision making that have caused civilians harm in Iran since the Trump Administration began its February 28... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) filed an amicus brief to the U.S Supreme Court in Monsanto Company v. John L. Durnell to ensure that pesticide manufacturers can be held accountable by the people harmed by their products, including those exposed through the application of Roundup and its active ingredient, glyphosate. By filing an amicus brief, Senator Booker is standing with thousands of Americans who developed cancer after using glyphosate-based herbicides and who deserve a... Read More

NEWARK, NJ — U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) applauded the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) award of $600 million through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Bridge Investment Program to replace the Delaware River Bridge connecting Florence, New Jersey, and Bristol, Pennsylvania. The Delaware River Bridge Replacement Project is the third phase of the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s Interstate 95 Interchange Program. The project will modernize a 70-year-old bridge that carries nearly 70,000... Read More

WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), and Tim Kaine (D-VA), introduced a bill to re-establish flexibility and accountability in federal student aid after President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” imposed burdensome provisions restricting access to affordable higher education. The Restoring College Access and Affordability Act reinstates student loan programs and borrower protections,... Read More