Press Releases

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

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate's Judiciary Committee, issued the below statement on Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report released today on Russian interference in the 2016 election: "The President's actions described in the report released today are a severe and striking departure from the misleading spin Attorney General Barr attempted to spoonfeed to the American people earlier today with his press conference and last month with his four-page... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate's Judiciary Committee, issued the below statement following Attorney General William Barr's press conference on Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report into Russian interference in the 2016 election: "In 20 minutes this morning Barr undermined a two-year investigation by going out of his way to frame the evidence in a light most favorable to the President. Barr made clear this morning that he is more concerned about... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) today joined 14 of his Senate colleagues in introducing the Medicare for All Act of 2019, a bill to guarantee health care to every American as a right, not a privilege. The United States spends far more per capita on health care than any other nation; however, 34 million Americans do not have health insurance, thousands of people die each year because they cannot afford medical care, almost one in three adults with insurance have been unable... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, issued the below statement following the ouster of President Omar al-Bashir in Sudan: "After nearly four months of sustained citizen protests around the country, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has been removed from office. The courage, determination, and energy of the protesters -- who met in largely peaceful... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) introduced legislation to ease the barriers to re-entry for formerly incarcerated individuals. The bicameral New Pathways Act provides more specific guidance for the Bureau of Prison to help individuals obtain federal identification documents upon release from prison, such as a driver's license, birth certificate, Social Security card, photo ID, or work... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), along with Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) today introduced the Algorithmic Accountability Act, which requires companies to study and fix flawed computer algorithms that result in inaccurate, unfair, biased or discriminatory decisions impacting Americans. "50 years ago my parents encountered a practice called 'real estate steering' where black couples were steered away from certain neighborhoods in New Jersey. With the help... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, formally filed a bill to form a commission for the study of reparation proposals for African-Americans. Full legislative text of the HR 40 Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act can be viewed here. Read More