Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) led 19 colleagues in calling on Senate leadership to oppose any efforts to limit existing state and local authority to regulate pesticides in the upcoming Farm Bill or any other legislation.   “More than thirty states and hundreds of cities and counties have adopted pesticide laws and ordinances to protect workers, children, rural communities, and wildlife. State and local governments have long acted to supplement federal pesticide laws to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) announced the Equal Health Care for All Act, bicameral legislation that would make equal access to medical care a protected civil right to help address the racial inequities and structural failures in America’s health care system that have led to higher mortality rates in communities of color. The Equal Health Care for All Act would establish a definition for inequitable health care to help ensure that hospitals... Read More

NEWARK, N.J. — Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced $191.6 million in funding for New Jersey programs he secured in the Fiscal Year 2024 government funding bills.  “One of my highest privileges and priorities in Washington is to fight to bring home federal resources to invest in worthy New Jersey projects,” Booker said. “The New Jersey projects funded in this bill include vital investments in our infrastructure and in the leaders who work tirelessly, often away from the limelight, to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) reintroduced the Justice for Incarcerated Moms Act, legislation that seeks to improve care for pregnant and postpartum people who are incarcerated. The legislation would provide funding to supply exceptional care, commission a study aimed at understanding how to better address the maternal health crisis within our prison system, and ban the use of restraints or shackles for... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, delivered floor remarks in support of Adeel Mangi, nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Below you can find a list of endorsing organizations and statements of support for the nomination. Letters of Support and Endorsements for Adeel Mangi's Appointment to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Bar Associations and Lawyers’ Associations American Bar... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and U.S. Representative Darren Soto (D-FL-09) introduced legislation to compensate firefighters who are suffering injuries or have died from PFAS-related conditions. The Firefighter PFAS Injury Compensation Act directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program under which eligible firefighters are able to file a claim to seek timely, uniform, and adequate compensation.  PFAS, or per-and polyfluoroalkyl... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, praised the Senate confirmation of Edward Kiel to serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. “I’m thrilled to see the confirmation of Judge Edward Kiel, a highly qualified jurist who has dedicated his career to justice and the law,” said Senator Booker. “I’m confident he will serve the people of New Jersey and our country with fairness and integrity. His is an extraordinary... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Laphonza Butler along with U.S. Representatives Alma Adams and Gwen Moore introduced a resolution designating March 14th, 2024 as Black Midwives Day. This resolution honors the invaluable contributions of Black midwives to advancing reproductive justice and improving maternal and infant health in the United States, and encourages Congress to proactively work to mitigate racial disparities in maternal health outcomes.  Black Americans face... Read More

NEWARK, N.J. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced $179.3 million in federal funding for infrastructure projects across New Jersey, including investments in expanding access to broadband, building an urban school, and expanding a center serving people without homes and LGBTQIA+ youth. The grants, awarded through the Department of Treasury’s Capital Projects Fund (CPF),will fund projects that enable work, education, and health monitoring in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, helping... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rand Paul (R-KY) reintroduced the Justice for Breonna Taylor Act. The legislation would prohibit no-knock warrants, which allow law enforcement officials to forcibly enter a home without announcing their authority or purpose. Congressman Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-03) introduced companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives. “Breonna Taylor’s horrific death nearly four years ago was a flashpoint in our country's conscience... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker, a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, issued the following statement after the Department of Agriculture (USDA) finalized a rule mandating that all meat products sold with the “Product of U.S.A.” label must be derived from animals born, raised, slaughtered, and processed in the United States.  This regulation closes a loophole that emerged after the repeal of mandatory country of origin labeling in 2015,... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement applauding the bipartisan advancement of the Preventing Child Labor Exploitation in Federal Contracting Act through the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs. Booker and U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced the bill last year.  The bipartisan legislation would leverage the multi-billion dollars in federal procurement contracts to hold corporations accountable for the... Read More

NEWARK N.J. — Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced that his guest to the State of the Union address this week is Roshni Kamta, a Jersey City native whose breast cancer diagnosis at 22 years old led her to freeze her eggs and inspired her advocacy for wider access to fertility treatments on behalf of breast cancer patients and women of color in healthcare. After Kamta received the news that she had stage 2 breast cancer, her oncologist informed her that the chemotherapy she needed to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Michael Bennet (D-CO), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, have returned from a three-day official trip to Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank. The Senators met with U.S. diplomats, Jordanian, Israeli, and Palestinian leaders, and United Nations representatives. Booker and Bennet are the first Senators to visit the West Bank since Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7th,... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker, in the wake of Alabama’s State Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos created during the IVF process are “children” under state law, joined a group of Democratic senators in cosponsoring U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Patty Murray (D-WA)’s legislation to protect access to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and other assisted reproductive technology (ART) nationwide. The Access to Family Building Act—which would establish a statutory right... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, US Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, issued the following statement: “I am deeply concerned by the Ghanaian Parliament’s passage of the so-called ‘Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill.’ This bill, if signed into law, would criminalize any person who identifies as LGBTQI+, as well as those who support the LGBTQI+ community. “Not only could this bill undermine the strong, longstanding... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced legislation that would establish a grant program aimed at strengthening cardiovascular research, promoting heart disease awareness, and improving health outcomes in the South Asian community in honor of American Heart Month. The South Asian Heart Health Awareness Act would raise awareness about the alarming rates of heart disease for South Asians across the United States while also improving resources for all communities... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and U.S. Representative Steny Hoyer (D-MD-05) issued the following statement after the Department of Education (DOE), in response to the lawmakers’ request, updated guidance clarifying that Federal Work-Study (FWS) funds may be used for employment by a Federal, State, local, or Tribal public agency for civic engagement work that is not associated with a particular interest or group. The Department will also be including this update in the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Laphonza Butler (D-CA), along with Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, reintroduced the John R. Lewis Voting Advancement Act, legislation that would update and restore critical safeguards of the original Voting Rights Act.  In the wake of the Supreme Court’s damaging Shelby County decision in... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, along with Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representatives Gregory Meeks (NY-05), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Sara Jacobs (CA-51) issued a statement after the Biden administration announced the appointment of Tom Perriello as U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan. “We welcome the... Read More