Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, met virtually with Secretary of State Nominee Antony Blinken. “Today I had the opportunity to meet virtually with Secretary of State Nominee Antony Blinken and discuss the foreign policy and national security challenges and opportunities facing the United States, and how Congress and the incoming Biden Administration can work together to meet them. We discussed the need to ensure... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tim Scott (R-SC), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), introduced a resolution congratulating the National Urban League on 110 years of service. The National Urban League is the oldest and largest civil rights organization in the U.S. and was founded in 1910 by Ruth Standish Baldwin and Dr. George Edmund Hayes as a multiracial, diverse, and grassroots campaign. Based in New York City, it was created to empower and advance... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) reintroduced the Reducing Obesity in Youth Act, which would work to prevent childhood obesity by establishing a grant program to improve healthy eating and physical activity among young children. Data demonstrates the depth of the challenge of childhood obesity and the importance of addressing obesity at an early age: according to a 2014 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, a third of... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) met virtually with Dr. Cecilia Rouse, nominee to be Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA).“Today, I had the honor of meeting virtually with Dr. Cecilia Rouse who has been nominated to serve as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors. In our meeting, we discussed the economic crisis created by the coronavirus pandemic, the path forward for economic relief and the President-elect’s plan for “building back better” as we work to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Mr. Bernard was sentenced to death in June 2000 as an accomplice to a crime committed when he was just 18 years old. Five of the jurors who condemned him to death twenty years ago now oppose the imposition of the death penalty in Mr. Bernard’s case, and the federal prosecutor who once defended his death sentence on appeal now opposes his execution as well. While the Supreme Court has ruled that the Constitution forbids the execution of individuals who were minors at the time... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, met with Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield who has been nominated to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. They discussed critical national security issues facing the United States and the urgency of restoring U.S. leadership in international multilateral forums. Following their meeting, Senator Booker issued the following statement:“It is clear to me that Ambassador... Read More

WASHINTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation resolution, urging Congress to form the first commission acknowledging and examining the systemic racism that has disenfranchised Black Americans throughout U.S. history and the racial inequities that persist today. Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced the resolution in the House in June. “This year has brought to bear the harsh reality that... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C.— This week, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), introduced legislation to address potentially hazardous mercury vapor emissions from synthetic flooring commonly found in schools and other locations. Recent reports reveal that mercury vapor may be released into the air from rubberized flooring made using phenyl mercuric acetate (PMA), which was widely installed in schools, retirement homes, community centers, and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) today introduced legislation that would require the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to address disparities in health care access and outcomes when developing new payment and delivery models for care provided to patients, including Medicaid, Medicare and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) beneficiaries. Under the Equality in Medicare and Medicaid Treatment Act, CMMI would be required to consult with experts on health... Read More

Starting this year, New Jerseyans will use a state-based exchange, Get Covered New Jersey, to enroll in Marketplace health insurance plans. The Open Enrollment Period in New Jersey will run from November 1, 2020 to January 31, 2021, which is double the amount of time of recent years’ enrollment periods run by the federal government. Plans, enrollment assistance, and financial help, including a new state subsidy to make Marketplace plans even more affordable, will only be available for New Jersey... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) today led 16 of his Democratic Senate colleagues in urging Congressional leaders to provide robust funding to ensure the swift distribution of COVID-19 vaccines as a part of any upcoming legislation to address the pandemic. With the recent news of at least one COVID-19 vaccine possibly being available to be distributed within the next month, many state and local governments lack the proper funding that is needed to distribute the vaccine.... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced landmark legislation aimed at addressing and correcting historic discrimination within the U.S. Department of Agriculture in federal farm assistance and lending that has caused Black farmers to lose millions of acres of farmland and robbed Black farmers and their families of hundreds of billions of dollars of inter-generational wealth. In 1920 there were nearly 1 million... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced legislation that will provide state and local school districts with more than $260 billion of additional federal aid to better serve students and support teachers during the pandemic. Specifically, the Educator Jobs Fund Act of 2020 will appropriate federal funding for a new educator jobs fund to create jobs and recruit and train educators, ensuring education equity, more personal protective equipment in schools, and grants for... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, United States Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) sent a letter urging the State Department to hold accountable all actors violating the UN Arms Embargo on Libya. Booker is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “The United Nations has repeatedly identified foreign financial and materiel support to rival Libyan factions as the most significant factor prolonging the conflict and limiting prospects for peace,” the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter urging Ambassador of the State of Libya, Wafa Bughaighis, to provide visas to international humanitarian workers. Additionally, the letter urges the Ambassador to press for an acceleration of visa approvals, ease restrictions on international humanitarian staff, and ensure that lifesaving aid reaches the people most in need. According to the United Nations, an estimated 1.3... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter urging Ambassador of the State of Libya, Wafa Bughaighis, to provide visas to international humanitarian workers. Additionally, the letter urges the Ambassador to press for an acceleration of visa approvals, ease restrictions on international humanitarian staff, and ensure that lifesaving aid reaches the people most in need. According to the United Nations, an estimated 1.3... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced S.Res762, a resolution recognizing the disproportionate impact that the coronavirus pandemic has had on women and girls globally. Specifically, the resolution urges Congress and the executive branch to protect the rights of women and girls in the United States and abroad, provide robust humanitarian aid that supports women and girls, and ensure that the needs of women and girls are part of the ongoing... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) released a new report detailing how special interests’ campaign to capture our courts has tilted the playing field against critical civil rights protections to ensure equality for all Americans. As President Trump and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) rush to confirm Judge Amy Coney... Read More

WASHINGTON D.C. — On Friday, October 23, 2020, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (NJ) and U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) announced bicameral legislation — the Nursing Home Pandemic Protection Act of 2020 — to require that nursing homes have a crisis plan in place to manage an outbreak, that facilities keep a stockpile of PPE on hand, that nursing homes report communicable diseases, infections, and potential outbreaks, and work to ensure that residents and their families be kept informed of... Read More

Washington D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tim Kaine (D-VA,) Chris Coons (D-DE) and Chris Murphy (D-CT), Democratic members of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, issued a joint statement calling for an immediate end to the violent crackdown on peaceful protestors in Nigeria. “As members of the Subcommittee on Africa, we have been watching the recent developments in Nigeria with great concern, and call for an immediate end to the violent... Read More