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  • WASHINGTON, D.C. – Co-founders of the U.S. Senate Lead Task Force Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and co-chairs of the U.S. House Get the Lead Out Caucus Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06), along with U.S. Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA-12), today lauded the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to finalize the Biden Administration’s proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI), which would lower the lead action... Read More
  • NEWARK, N.J. –  Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced that Kaitlin McGuinness is being promoted to Deputy State Director in his office. McGuinness has served in Booker’s office since he was first elected to the Senate in 2013, most recently serving as Senior Projects Specialist. “Kaitlin has been a driving force in our office since her first day in 2013,” said Senator Booker. “I’ve witnessed her dedication, passion, and unwavering commitment to serving New Jersey over the past decade,... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and George Helmy (D-NJ) addressed over 500 New Jersey students and their parents at the annual Service Academy Information Day at Seton Hall University. The event provides information to interested New Jersey high school students on service academies and their admission requirements. Attendees had the opportunity to meet with representatives from the U.S. Air Force Academy, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the U.S. Merchant... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced the Presidential Security Resources Reimbursement Act of 2024, a bill authorizing the Secret Service to reimburse state and local governments for the use of state and local resources while supporting the protection of presidential candidates. Booker will introduce the bill when Senate session resumes. In the aftermath dangerous safety breaches of the former president, the Secret Service has increased protection for presidential... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker introduced the Fight Book Bans Act, legislation aimed at taking a stand against censorship by giving school districts the funding they need to oppose challenges to educational and library materials that have kept over 3,000 books off school bookshelves in the last year. U.S. Representatives Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-FL-10), Frederica Wilson (D-FL-24) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD-08) introduced companion legislation in the House last year. Banned... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement: “I applaud President Biden for once again taking strong action to end America’s epidemic of gun violence through today’s executive action which directs federal agencies to improve school-based active shooter drills and combat the emerging threats of machine gun conversion devices and ‘ghost guns,’ unserialized, 3D-printed firearms. “The Biden Administration has... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—co-founders of the U.S. Senate Lead Task Force and the U.S. Senate Environmental Justice Caucus—along with U.S. Representatives Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12), Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06) and Barbara Lee (D-CA-12) are calling on the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to expedite its review of the Biden Administration’s proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI), which... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) reintroduced legislation that will preserve and expand access to federal student aid for college students. Specifically, the Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) Reset and Reform Act will restore federal aid eligibility for students who had previously failed to meet existing requirements needed to receive financial assistance. The legislation will eliminate a double standard that often holds financial aid recipients to different academic... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and U.S. Representatives Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (D-NC-12) and Jim McGovern (D-MA-02) introduced the Industrial Agriculture Conversion Act (IACA), legislation that would allow farmers to voluntarily convert their on-farm infrastructure toward more climate-friendly uses with USDA conservation dollars.  The IACA would use existing agricultural conservation funds from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to support farmers transitioning from... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) teamed up with U.S. Representatives Ashley Hinson (R-IA-01) and Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (D-NC-12) to introduce a bipartisan, bicameral resolution recognizing September 19th as National Stillbirth Prevention Day. Earlier this year, the bipartisan Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act—led by Merkley in the Senate and Hinson and Adams in the House—was signed into law by President... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-FL-10) introduced the Fair Future Act, legislation to repeal an amendment to the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 that has led to permanent denial of rental housing to people with prior drug convictions regardless of the severity of their offenses or the length of time that has passed since their conviction.  The current law has meant that the over 9 million people who have been previously... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and U.S. Representative Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-07) introduced the Tribal Heritage and American Bison, Grizzly Bear, and Wolf Restoration and Coexistence Act, legislation to establish permanent federal protections for these three species and expand recovery efforts and coexistence measures. Additionally, the bill would enhance existing tribal management authorities over these species by creating oversight committees that work in unison... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Tim Scott (R-SC), along with U.S. Representatives Danny Davis (D-IL) and Michael Burgess (R-TX), have updated the bipartisan, bicameral Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act. The legislation would allow State Medicaid programs to provide comprehensive and coordinated care to patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) through a health home model.   Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that disproportionately impacts people of... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced theSafe School Meals Act (SSMA), legislation to protect children from harmful toxics in school meals. The bill would place limits on heavy metals, ban certain pesticide residues, trigger the safety reassessment of food additives including artificial food dyes that have been linked with health harms, and ban the use of PFAS, phthalates, and bisphenols in school meal food packaging. The bill would increase the funding available... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced legislation that would create a grant program to support students who have epilepsy or a seizure disorder. The Seizure Awareness and Preparedness Act would authorize funding to ensure all students nationwide are surrounded by trained and prepared individuals in the event of a seizure. U.S. Representatives Donald Norcross (D-NJ-01), Don Bacon (R-NE-02), Jim Costa (D-CA-21), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), and Eleanor Holmes Norton... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Patty Murray (D-WA) called out Senate Republicans’ hypocrisy after nearly every single Republican blocked the Senate Democrats’ Right to IVF Act—now the second time they’ve done so after first blocking the bill in June—despite them publicly claiming to support IVF for the millions of Americans who rely on it to build their families. This was... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) joined U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Patty Murray (D-WA), and other Senate Democrats on the Senate Steps to urge Senate Republicans to pass the Right to IVF Act when it comes to the floor for a vote today. This renewed effort comes after Donald Trump promised that the federal government would cover IVF if he is re-elected and represents a second chance for Senate Republicans to... Read More
  • NEWARK N.J. –  Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced a $20 million grant award from the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Electric or Low-Emitting Ferry Pilot Program to the Delaware River and Bay Authority (DRBA) to replace an over 40-year-old diesel engine ferry that serves passengers who travel between North Cape May, New Jersey and Lewes, Delaware with a diesel-hybrid ferry. Additionally, NJ TRANSIT will receive a $6.3 million grant from the FTA’s Passenger Ferry Grant... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Rand Paul (R-KY), Angus King (I-ME), Mike Braun (R-IN), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), John Kennedy (R-LA), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the FDA Modernization Act 3.0, a bipartisan bill to direct the FDA to finally implement the FDA Modernization Act 2.0 (FDAMA 2.0), legislation passed by Congress to modernize drug testing protocols and improve patient outcomes. In 2022, FDAMA 2.0 was... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Laphonza Butler (D-CA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Peter Welch (D-VT) wrote a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert M. Califf urging the agency to revise its sperm donation eligibility guidelines and remove the ban on donations from men who have had sex with men (MSM).  “We are writing to strongly urge you to use your authority as Commissioner of the Food and... Read More