Press Releases

Newark, NJ -- Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced today that Minjae Park has joined his office to serve as New Jersey Press Secretary. Park, who is based in Booker’s Newark office, joins a communications team that includes Senior Advisor and Communications Director Jeff Giertz and Press Secretary Maya Krishna-Rogers, who are both based in Washington, DC. “I’m proud to welcome Minjae to my staff,” Booker said. “Minjae shares my deep commitment to public service and helping... Read More

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker joins Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Representative Mondaire Jones (D-NY) in a congressional delegation visit to Poland, UAE, India, Nepal and Germany over the next eight days.   The group issued the following joint statement ahead of their visit: “This strong congressional delegation will have the opportunity to meet with U.S. military leadership and troops in Poland in order to learn how the U.S.... Read More

Washington, D.C. – Today, during Black Maternal Health Week, Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Bob Casey (D-PA), along with Representatives Gwen Moore (D-Wis.), Deborah Dingell (D-Mich.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.), and Alma Adams (D-N.C.) introduced the Mamas First Act, vital legislation to address the maternal mortality crisis by expanding Medicaid to include doula, midwifery, and tribal midwifery care. In the Senate, this legislation is... Read More

Washington, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44th) led 29 of their colleagues in urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement strong safeguards at high-risk chemical facilities to protect fenceline environmental justice communities, facility workers, and first responders from chemical disasters. As the agency prepares to make long overdue updates to the Risk Management Plan (RMP) rule that regulates certain chemical... Read More

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Representative Terri Sewell (D-AL-7th) introduced the John Lewis Equality in Medicare and Medicaid Treatment (EMMT) Act that would require the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to work with experts to consider health disparities when developing payment models. Established by the Affordable Care Act, CMMI works to develop, test, and implement new value-based payment models. Under current law, however, CMMI is... Read More

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), along with Representatives Alma Adams (D-NC-12th) and Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14th), introduced a resolution recognizing Black Maternal Health Week “to bring national attention to the maternal health crisis in the United States and the importance of reducing maternal mortality and morbidity among Black women and birthing persons.” Black Maternal Health Week is observed from April 11 through April 17.The resolution underscores the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Tim Scott (R-SC) and U.S. Representatives Ron Kind (D-WI) and Mike Kelly (R-PA) introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill reforming Opportunity Zones, the tax incentive for individuals who reinvest unrealized capital gains into high-impact projects in underserved communities. Additionally, U.S. Senators Mark Warner (D-VA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Todd Young (R-IN) and Representatives Terri Sewell (D-AL-07), Dan Kildee (D-MI-05),... Read More

Washington, DC. - U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement: “For the first time in America’s history, a Black woman will sit on the highest court in our nation’s land. Like many Americans, I feel immense pride and so much joy at this historic occasion. “As Judge Jackson ascends to the United States Supreme Court, I see in her the affirmation of our ancestors who suffered the indignities of this country yet... Read More

Washington, D.C – U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez (both D-N.J.) issued the following statement in response to the Biden Administration’s decision to end Title 42: “We are glad that the Administration has made the decision to end Title 42 expulsions. Title 42 is a Trump-era relic that prevented the Department of Homeland Security from implementing our immigration laws and enriched smuggling networks by allowing vulnerable migrants to make... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez (both D-N.J.) today applauded the bipartisan Senate confirmation of attorney Georgette F. Castner to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Castner, who was confirmed by a 52-47 vote, is the fifth Biden nominee seated on New Jersey’s federal bench, which had been facing a declared “judicial emergency” due to several longstanding district court vacancies prior to the Biden Administration.“I celebrate the confirmation... Read More

Washington, DC. - Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced the Stillbirth Health Improvement and Education (SHINE) for Autumn Act, legislation that aims to reduce the alarmingly high U.S. stillbirth rate. Named after Autumn Joy, a New Jersey baby who was stillborn in 2011, the bill would provide critical resources to states, local public health departments, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other related federal agencies to... Read More

Washington, DC. - Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement on President Biden signing the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law: “As our nation strives to become a more perfect union, we must reckon with America’s past, including the history of racialized violence that has permeated our nation. Antilynching legislation will not heal the pain experienced by the more than 4,000 African American men, women, and children who were lynched during the... Read More

Newark, N.J. - Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez (both D-NJ) and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy applauded the allocation of $228.3 million in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery funds to New Jersey to help the state further recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Ida. Congress appropriated this funding in the continuing resolution passed September 30, 2021, and last month Booker led 11 other members of the New Jersey... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, applauded the bipartisan vote in the House of Representatives to pass the CROWN Act. Booker first introduced the Senate version of the CROWN Act in 2019.Although existing federal law prohibits some forms of hair discrimination as a type of racial or national origin discrimination, some federal courts have narrowly construed those protections in a way that permits schools,... Read More

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced that tens of millions of dollars in federal funding for critical New Jersey programs, projects, and priorities he worked to secure were included in the $1.5 trillion Fiscal Year 2022 government funding bill which passed the Senate last night. “From improving water infrastructure to preventing homelessness to creating and expanding support programs that serve youth, domestic violence survivors, and families, the projects funded... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), alongside Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), issued the following joint statement in response to the Biden Administration’s decision to maintain Title 42 in effect:“We are deeply disappointed in the Biden Administration’s decision to maintain Title 42. While we recognize that the Administration made the right choice to prevent unaccompanied children from being... Read More

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