Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), along with Representative Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) introduced a bipartisan, bicameral resolution designating a Women Veterans Appreciation Day, to recognize the growing presence of women in the Active Duty, Guard, and Reserve Forces, and honor women veterans for their dutiful military service. The Senate version of the resolution designates June 12 as Women Veterans Appreciation Day each year. That date marks the... Read More

WASHINGTON D.C.—U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Rep. Albio Sires (D-NJ), and Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. (D-NJ) yesterday expressed their concerns about the recent reassignment of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers from the New York metropolitan area to the southern border. The region has reportedly lost over 50 CBP officers as major airports and marine terminals, including the Newark Airport and Port Newark, prepare for the busy summer travel season. In a... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) yesterday introduced a bill extending the authorization funding deadline for a monument dedicated to Gold Star families, which is currently set to expire in January 2020. Under the Gold Star National Monument Extension Act of 2019, funding for the construction of the monument would continue through January 2027. The monument would honor the families that have lost a loved one in service to our nation. "The Gold Star... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), today introduced legislation that could help communities across the country and New Jersey, including Newark, get the lead out of its drinking water. The Water Infrastructure Funding Transfer Bill would give states flexibility when using federal dollars to fund drinking water infrastructure projects by allowing states facing a threat to public health from lead to transfer... Read More

NEWARK, N.J. -- U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the below statement applauding today's passage of the Dignity for Incarcerated Primary Caretaker Parents Act in the New Jersey Assembly. The bill that passed today is based upon a federal bill Booker originally introduced in 2017, and reintroduced this session of Congress last month. "Today's passage of the Dignity Act means we're one step closer to making sure that women behind bars in New Jersey are treated decently and humanely. Women... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Jon Tester (D-MT) today reintroduced a bill to place an immediate moratorium on acquisitions and mergers in the food and agriculture sector. The moratorium would be in place until Congress passes comprehensive legislation addressing the problem of market concentration in the agricultural sector. The bill was introduced in the House by Representatives by Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI). It is supported by more than 200 farm, food, rural, and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), along with Representative Tony Cárdenas (D-CA) today reintroduced legislation designed to reverse an archaic policy of rewarding states for increasing their prison populations by incentivizing them to do the opposite. The Reverse Mass Incarceration Act establishes a grant program that allows states to invest in evidence-based programs designed to reduce crime and incarceration rates. Recent data has shown... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Dick Durbin, along with Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi reintroduced the Help Students Vote Act, a bill to strengthen student voter registration and civic participation on college campuses. Key student voting reforms of the Help Students Vote Act passed the House of Representatives earlier this year as part of H.R. 1, the For The People Act. "Young people today face more barriers than they should when trying to make their voices heard at the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ), along with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) re-introduced a bicameral bill to expand health insurance coverage of infertility treatment and services. The Access to Infertility Treatment and Care Act would require more health insurers to provide coverage for infertility treatment, as well as fertility preservation services for individuals who undergo medically necessary procedures that may cause infertility, such as... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) today voted against confirming Jeffrey Rosen to serve as Deputy Attorney General. Booker released the following statement: "Throughout his nomination process and time as Deputy Secretary at the Department of Transportation, Jeffrey Rosen has demonstrated he is woefully unfit to serve as the second-highest ranking official at the Department of Justice. From his lack of relevant experience to his inability to answer basic questions on the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Todd Young (R-IN), both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and co-chairs of the Task Force on Humanitarian Access led by The Center for Strategic & International Studies' (CSIS), introduced a resolution recognizing the 70th Anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, which form the basis of international humanitarian law and regulate the conduct of armed conflict, seek to limit its consequences, and protect people... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. --U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) delivered remarks on the Senate Floor marking the 65th anniversary of the Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education. For the last 65 years, this momentous civil rights case has shaped our society and become a foundational principle of American law. This week, the Senate is set to vote on the Trump Administration's nominee for deputy attorney general, Jeffrey Rosen, and district court nominee, Wendy Vitter, both of whom... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C.— U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Congressman Mike Quigley (D-IL) re-introduced legislation today that seeks to remove the ability of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to contract with local law enforcement for the purposes of enforcing federal immigration law. The reintroduction comes on the heels of a new ICE initiative unveiled last week that allows local law enforcement officers to individually partner with ICE, even if the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tim Scott (R-SC), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Todd Young (R-IN) introduced a bipartisan bill to restore and strengthen reporting requirements for Opportunity Zones, the tax incentive for individuals who reinvest unrealized capital gains into high-impact projects in underserved communities. These critical safeguards, which were included in the original Investing in Opportunity Act, were removed from the final measure that passed Congress in... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Ahead of Mother's Day, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and their colleagues introduced a far-reaching bill to improve maternal health outcomes, reverse the trend of rising maternal mortality rates, and close disparities that put mothers and kids of color at risk. The Maximizing Outcomes for Moms through Medicaid Improvement and Enhancement of Services (MOMMIES) Act would expand coverage for pregnant women covered by Medicaid -- which... Read More

NEWARK, N.J. -- U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the below statement on the House of Representatives' Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's field hearing on the Gateway program in New York today. "I'm grateful to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for visiting the region to see first-hand what New Jersey commuters have known for a decade: we urgently need to build a new commuter rail tunnel under the Hudson River and we have no time to delay. I welcome more... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Report earlier today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) blasted Attorney General William Barr for "normalizing" unacceptable and dangerous behavior by the President and warned of the lasting and damaging effects to democracy. "We are at a very sobering moment in American history ... [we] are at a crossroads, and I fear that were descending into a new normal that is dangerous for our democracy on new... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), James Lankford (R-OK), today introduced the Eliminating Federal Tax Subsidies for Stadiums Act, a bill to end generous federal subsidies for professional sports stadiums. The bill would close a loophole in the tax code that allows professional sports teams to finance new stadiums with municipal bonds that are exempt from federal taxes. Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) is leading the bipartisan companion bill in the House of... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On the heels of Attorney General William Barr's decision earlier this month to withhold bail from asylum seekers, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), and Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) today announced they will re-introduce their Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act this week. The news also follows the Trump Administration's proposed new rules for asylum seekers announced last night, which further erode the ability of individuals to seek asylum in the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Mike Lee (R-UT), the lead sponsors of the recently-enacted First Step Act, pushed back on the Trump Administration's proposal to require federal job applicants to disclose their participation in criminal diversion programs. In a letter to Margaret Weichert, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Acting Director, the Senators wrote: "Our nation's legal and moral underpinnings provide that... Read More