Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and U.S. Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12) reintroduced the bicameral Federal Jobs Guarantee Development Act, legislation that would establish a model federal jobs guarantee program in up to 15 high-unemployment communities and regions across the United States. Thanks to this legislation, hardworking Americans can gain access to a living wage and provide benefits like health insurance, paid sick leave, and paid family leave.... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) joined Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) and 5 Senate colleagues in introducing legislation that would improve quality and safety in nursing homes, following Republican efforts to roll back staffing standards that keep seniors safe. Republicans delayed the standards for nine years in the Big Ugly Bill and Donald Trump eliminated them after executives reportedly donated millions of dollars to his super PAC. Every... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Edward J. Markey (D-MA)—co-chairs of the U.S. Senate Environmental Justice Caucus—issued the following statement in response to Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin rescinding the 2009 endangerment finding today, undoing a landmark determination that requires the EPA to address greenhouse gas emissions and pollution because of the threat that climate change poses to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and U.S. Representatives Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10), Alma Adams (D-NC-12), and Jim McGovern (D-MD-02) reintroduced the bicameral Office of Small Farms Establishment Act, legislation to create a new Office of Small Farms at the US Department of Agriculture. The Office would directly serve small farms, ranches, and forest operations with grants and technical assistance and ensure that all USDA programs are designed to meet their... Read More

NEWARK, N.J. — Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced $123.2 million in federal funding for New Jersey programs he secured in the Fiscal Year 2026 government funding bills. “I wake up every day fighting for the people of New Jersey, and one of the most important parts of my job is to bring as much federal money back into our communities as I possibly can in order to support vital programs across our state’s twenty-one counties,” said Senator Booker. “The over 100 million in federal... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, issued the following statement: “Both those who support and oppose Sunday's decision by the Israeli Security Cabinet recognize it for what it is – a green light for unilateral annexation of the West Bank. This decision violates the Oslo Accords, threatens Israel’s security, and inflames already high tensions while undermining regional normalization efforts, including the Abraham... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), John Curtis (R-UT), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Dave McCormick (R-PA), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Steve Daines (R-MT), Alex Padilla (D-CA), and Ted Budd (R-NC) introduced the ePermit Act, bipartisan legislation designed to modernize and streamline federal environmental reviews and permitting by leveraging interactive, digital, and cloud-based technologies. This action follows the passage of companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives. The... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with seven of his Senate Democratic colleagues, sent a letter to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon urging her to rescind the Department’s guidance that restricts students from participating in nonpartisan civic engagement through the Federal Work-Study (FWS) program and limits the distribution of voter registration materials on college campuses. The senators noted that a statute under... Read More

PARAMUS, NJ – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) joined Congressman Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-05) and state and local leaders to reintroduce legislation related to school bus safety, Miranda’s Law. “Congress has the opportunity to act swiftly and decisively to protect our nation’s children,” said Senator Booker. “We shouldn’t wait for another tragedy to strike––like the one that took the lives of ten year old Miranda Vargas and Jennifer Williamson, a beloved Paramus teacher, eight long years... Read More

WEEHAWKEN, N.J. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) hosted a press conference alongside New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill, members of New Jersey’s Congressional delegation, and union members affected by President Trump’s withholding of federal funds for the nation’s largest, most significant public infrastructure project, the Gateway Tunnel Project. Work on the tunnel ceased today due to President Trump’s failure to release funding, and approximately 1,000 union members were laid off. The... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Mike Rounds (R-SD), and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) along with Congressmen Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Jay Obernolte (R-CA), reintroduced the AI Grand Challenges Act, a bipartisan, bicameral bill to harness the promise of artificial intelligence to solve complex problems across a range of sectors, including health, energy, environment, national security, materials science, and cybersecurity – as well as address AI system-specific challenges like... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) introduced the Federal Grant Neutrality Act, legislation designed to stop the politicization of Department of Justice (DOJ) federal grants and prevent the DOJ from imposing unfair conditions on jurisdictions represented by Democrats. The bill ensures that grants cannot be withheld to punish jurisdictions for refusing to enforce partisan federal immigration... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined his colleagues in calling on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem to immediately resign, citing her deplorable leadership of the department. In a letter led by Senator Peter Welch (D-VT), Booker and U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Alex Padilla (D-CA), and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) emphasized how the horrifying conduct of immigration agents in Minnesota has led to a... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), alongside members of New Jersey and New York’s Congressional Delegations, sent a letter urging President Trump to release the previously allocated federal funding for the Gateway Hudson Tunnel Project, the nation's largest and most urgent infrastructure project. The legislators wrote: “Every day, the tunnels carry hundreds of thousands of passengers and commuters and serve as a vital, although bottlenecked, link between the Northeast and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senators Cory Booker, James Lankford (R-OK), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), all members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging the Administration to quickly strengthen and expand efforts that help the Iranian people maintain access to the internet as protests against the regime grow and Tehran imposes widespread digital blackouts. “We write today in defense of America’s long-standing and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Senator Peter Welch (D-VT), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, along with every Senate Judiciary Democrat in sending a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) urging the Department to heed the calls of career prosecutors and open a civil rights investigation into the death of Ms. Renee Good, who was fatally shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Katie Britt (R-AL) announced the reintroduction of a bipartisan resolution to officially designate January 23 as Maternal Health Awareness Day. The resolution emphasizes the importance of raising public awareness of maternal health outcomes and promotes initiatives to address and eliminate its disparities. “In the richest country in the world, it is unacceptable that giving birth in America remains one of the most dangerous... Read More

NEWARK, N.J. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced the reintroduction of the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act alongside U.S. Representatives LaMonica McIver and Rob Menendez and New Jersey immigrant rights advocates. The bill would end the use of private, for-profit detention facilities, prohibit the practice of detaining families, and ensure due process. It would also repeal mandatory detention and increase federal oversight, accountability, and transparency of the immigration... Read More

WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Jacky Rosen (D-NV), released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s decision to... Read More

WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Africa & Global Health Policy, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following statement after the elections held in Uganda on January 15, 2026. “Uganda’s elections – like the recent elections in Tanzania - were a hollow exercise, staged to legitimize President Yoweri Museveni’s seventh term and four decades in power. “But even more so... Read More