Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement in response to right-wing group Judicial Watch announcing that they have formally lodged a complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee after Booker has released 47 documents to the public categorized as "committee confidential" since last Thursday. On Friday, Senators Mitch McConnell and John Cornyn threatened an Ethics Committee investigation of Booker for releasing the arbitrarily-designated "committee confidential"... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After being threatened with expulsion from the Senate yesterday by the number two ranking Republican in the chamber and threatened with an Ethics Committee investigation today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) is continuing to release documents pertaining to Judge Kavanaugh’s record that are marked “committee confidential” and have not been made available to the public. All of the Committee Confidential documents that Booker has released to the public can be found here. There... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) today publicly released several documents previously marked Committee confidential from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s time as White House Counsel under President George W. Bush. “As I’ve been saying from the beginning, this process has been a sham,” Senator Booker said. “The fact that tens of thousands of documents revealing a Supreme Court nominee’s views on key issues were deemed Committee Confidential and not available to the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Tonight, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) questioned Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, focusing his line of questioning on affirmative action, racial justice, and voting rights. Video of Booker’s 30 minutes of questioning is available at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG6oqzOQDCk   # # # Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) today announced the introduction of a bill that would put an 18-month moratorium on large agribusiness, food and beverage manufacturing, and grocery retail mergers and acquisitions.  S.3404, The Food and Agribusiness Merger Moratorium and Antitrust Review Act of 2018, is aimed at the unprecedented concentration in the agriculture and food sectors, which is squeezing small family farmers, driving down wages for workers, and hurting... Read More

Washington, DC – Today, in advance of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s visit to the White House on August 27th, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, along with Senators Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Chris Coons (D-DE) introduced a bipartisan resolution to urge the government of Kenya to respect human rights and promote transparent, democratic governance. Citing Kenya’s... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement after meeting this afternoon with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh: “After meeting with Brett Kavanaugh today, my concerns with his nomination to the Supreme Court have only grown. “Judge Kavanaugh was unable to assure me that he believes Roe v. Wade is correctly decided Supreme Court precedent, which further reinforces that his confirmation would be a direct threat to a woman’s right to... Read More

Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Bob Menendez, (D-NJ), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) sent a letter to Commerce Under Secretary/ Deputy Secretary nominee Karen Dunn Kelley requesting information on her role in the process surrounding the decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. Specifically, the Senators are requesting more information on the discrepancy between Secretary Ross’s testimony before... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC â?“ U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) today led a bicameral letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) raising concerns about a rule change proposed by the Trump Administration last month that could severely hurt home care workers, including by limiting their ability to join a union to advocate for better wages, benefits, and workplace protections. The proposed change would threaten to limit the ability of... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C – As the 2018-19 school year gets underway, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), along with U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Doug Jones (D-AL), Kamala Harris (D-CA), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), re-introduced a bill to streamline the financial aid application process for graduate and undergraduate students, in an effort to help more underserved students have access to financial aid and attend college. The... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Banking Committee Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-OH) questioned insurance companies on their awareness of and involvement in the unjust, abusive, and oftentimes illegal practices of the bail bond providers that they insure. In a letter sent Friday to the more than 20 firms currently receiving the most revenue from the underwriting of bail bonds issued in the United States, the Senators urged the firms to address the unfair and exploitative... Read More

Monday, August 6 WHEN:        9:30-10:30AM WHAT:        In Mercer County, Senator Booker will participate in NJ Spotlight’s State of Healthcare in New Jersey forum. WHERE:     Capital Health Medical Center –Hopewell, 1 Capital Way, Pennington, NJ 08534     WHEN:        12:15-1:15PM WHAT:        In Ocean County, Senator Booker will... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) have introduced legislation to crack down on exploitative overdraft fees that banks charge consumers when they make a purchase or pay a bill but don’t have sufficient funds in their account. The Stop Overdraft Profiteering Act of 2018 would ban overdraft fees on debit card transactions and ATM withdrawals, and limit fees placed for checks and recurring payments. It would also mandate that banks post... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), all members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Subcommittee on African Affairs, released the following statement after the July 30 election in Zimbabwe. “As members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Subcommittee on African Affairs, we strongly condemn yesterday’s violence in Harare, Zimbabwe, following elections on July 30.  We call upon... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the top Democrat on the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, issued the following statement on today’s election in Zimbabwe. This is the country’s first ever presidential election without former President Robert Mugabe on the ballot. “Today’s election in Zimbabwe is a historic opportunity for the country to embark down a path of democratic reform.... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Chris Coons (D-DE), both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following joint statement on the reported detention of South Sudanese peace activist Peter Ajak. Booker is the top Democrat on the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy. “We are deeply concerned about the reported detention of South Sudanese peace activist Peter Biar Ajak by South Sudan’s National Security Service after his... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the top Democrat on the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, announced that Niger has released 17 of the 28 civil society activists who have been jailed since March for peacefully protesting against Niger’s new finance law. 11 activists remain imprisoned. “It’s encouraging to see the Nigerien government release a number of activists who peacefully... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) called for Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross to come before Congress to clarify his comments on the proposal of a citizenship question for the upcoming 2020 Census. In testimony before Congress, Secretary Ross asserted that the citizenship question originated at the Department of Justice, but an NPR report and recently published e-mails raise new questions about the veracity of that... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the release of a video revealing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s support for overturning the Supreme Court ruling upholding the legality of the independent counsel statute, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today called on Kavanaugh to recuse himself from all cases arising from the investigation of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, if he is confirmed as a Supreme Court justice. In a letter sent to Judge... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) today led his Democratic colleagues on the Environment and Public Works Committee in urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw its proposed modifications to an existing federal safeguard that protects communities from hazardous chemicals stored in industrial facilities. In a letter to EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler, the Senators wrote that the EPA’s changes to the Accidental Release Requirements for Risk... Read More