Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez (both D-NJ) today voted to approve the $1.5 trillion Fiscal Year 2022 government funding bill which provides significant investments in transportation, housing and education for New Jersey. Sens. Booker and Menendez also fought to secure federal funding in the bill designed exclusively for community projects across the state. The package also includes $13.6 billion in emergency funding to assist Ukraine and NATO allies.“Tonight,... Read More

Washington D.C. -- U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement:“After 200 failed attempts and over a century’s worth of efforts, I am proud to say that Congress has finally passed legislation to criminalize lynching, a shameful instrument of terror used to intimidate and oppress Black Americans. During the 19th and 20th centuries, more than 4,000 African-American men, women, and children were lynched and between 1936 and 1938, the national headquarters of the... Read More

Washington D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Tim Scott (R-SC) introduced legislation to make lynching a federal crime. Booker and Scott, along with then-Senator Kamala Harris, first launched their effort to make lynching a federal crime in 2018.Named after Emmett Till, a 14-year old boy who was brutally lynched in 1955, the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act would amend the United States Code to specify that lynching is a crime that warrants an enhanced sentence under... Read More

Washington, DC -- U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement:“I’m deeply grateful to President Biden for conducting a rigorous and thorough process to determine his first Supreme Court nominee. He clearly found the best person for the job.“I’m so impressed with Judge Jackson’s exemplary career, particularly her experience as a public defender -- a deeply important role in our justice system that no one who’s ever served on the... Read More

Washington, DC — Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement:“Just five years ago I visited Ukraine to meet with the nation’s leaders to discuss the urgent threats they faced from ongoing Russian aggression. I found a hopeful, resilient people determined to build a free, prosperous nation that is a part of the international community, and I was lifted then as I am now by Ukrainians’ fierce commitment to democratic... Read More

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Tim Scott (R-SC) celebrated the passage of a bipartisan resolution commemorating Black History Month and the important contributions made by Black Americans throughout United States history. Booker and Scott are authors of the resolution. The resolution recognizes the enslavement of African Americans and the continuing racial injustices that still “remain evident in the society of the United States.” It underscores that this month... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) joined Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and John Cornyn (R-TX) to introduce a bill that would support the families of officers who struggle with their mental health or who are lost to trauma-linked suicides. These families are struggling to receive the benefits they deserve because federal law currently limits the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits (PSOB) program to only cover physical injuries—completely excluding any support for mental health... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tom Carper (D-DE), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced the Right Whale Coexistence Act, legislation that would establish a new grant program to fund collaborative research between government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and maritime industries to reduce human impacts on North Atlantic right whales. Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA-06) is introducing companion legislation in the... Read More

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Representative Cori Bush (D-MO) led 100 of their colleagues in urging President Biden to reverse inhumane immigration policies, such as Title 42, originally introduced under the Trump Administration, that continue to mistreat and harm Black migrants. The letter comes in the aftermath of disturbing images from September 2021, in which Texas border patrol agents were seen beating and abusing  Haitian migrants entering the... Read More

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and other members of the New Jersey Congressional delegation urged Deanne Criswell, Administrator to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to provide data on natural disasters last year as quickly as possible to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). HUD needs this data in order to calculate the allocation of the funding appropriated by Congress for New Jersey and other states to recover from the devastation of... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today, during the first week of Black History Month, that they will introduce a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 African Americans who fought to preserve the Union during the Civil War. Since the colonial era, African Americans have served the United States in times of war. Yet, there was resistance to enlisting African Americans to take up... Read More

Washington, D.C – Today, U.S. Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined a virtual conversation on the current military threat posed by Russia in Eastern Europe with Ambassadors from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, the Deputy Chief of Mission from Poland’s embassy and bipartisan members of the Senate Baltic Freedom Caucus and the Senate NATO Observer Group. Given their proximity to Ukraine and Russia and their NATO membership, coordination is key to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Senate companion to Representative Jamaal Bowman’s (D-NY-16) African American History Act. This legislation provides important resources to strengthen opportunities to educate the American public about the richness and complexity of African American history and the impacts racism, white supremacy, and the struggle for justice have had on the fabric of America.  “The story of Black people in America is... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rob Portman (D-OH), U.S. House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-SC), and U.S. Representative Hal Rogers (R-KY) today introduced the Targeting Resources to Communities in Need Act of 2022 to direct federal funding to high poverty areas throughout the country.  This bipartisan, bicameral legislation seeks to create smarter, more targeted federal investment in communities that need help the most. If enacted, this bill will... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement:“I offer my profound gratitude to Justice Breyer for his decades of service to the Supreme Court and to our country. Through his fidelity to the Constitution and the rule of law, he has never lost sight of the impact the Court has on people’s everyday lives, from the rights of women to make their own medical decisions, to protecting voting rights and the rights of workers... Read More

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Reverend Dr. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) urged President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to secure an extension of the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) as a centerpiece of the Build Back Better package.“The expanded CTC is a signature domestic policy achievement of this administration, and has been an overwhelming success,” wrote the senators.“The Biden... Read More

SECAUCUS, N.J. – U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez and (both D-N.J.), Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (N.J.-09) and Governor Phil Murphy today announced a $143.6 million project to rebuild the eastbound span of the Route 3 bridge over the Hackensack River, ensuring the bridge is safer for travelers. The federal lawmakers secured this funding in the $1.2 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that was signed into law in November.“The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) today applauded the Biden Administration’s announcement that the Hudson River Tunnels, a critical piece of the Gateway Project, have received an upgraded “medium-high” rating under the Capital Investment Grants program, making the project eligible to move forward. The current Hudson River rail tunnels were severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy, and will require significant repairs in the coming years. Should the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) joined 17 of his Senate colleagues today in a bipartisan letter to President Biden urging him to include funding for emergency international food aid in any upcoming supplemental request to Congress.  Recently, the Biden Administration provided an additional $308 million in aid for humanitarian needs in Afghanistan and eased procedures for humanitarian groups.  However, the Senators noted in their letter that both the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced the introduction of the Banning Surveillance Advertising Act, legislation that prohibits advertising networks and facilitators from using personal data to target advertisements, with the exception of broad location targeting to a recognized place, such as a municipality. The bill also prohibits advertisers from targeting ads based on protected class information, such as race, gender, and religion, and... Read More