Press Releases

CLIFTON, NJ – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) was joined by U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-09), New Jersey Education Association President Marie Blistan, and local teachers and students at Clifton Public School 17 in Clifton, New Jersey to announce a major piece of legislation that would help address the teacher shortage the United States is experiencing. According to a study from the Learning Policy Institute, enrollment in teacher preparation programs has fallen 35%... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on today’s announcement that K.T. McFarland has withdrawn her nomination to be the U.S. Ambassador to Singapore: “McFarland gave inconsistent and potentially knowingly false testimony to the U.S. Senate regarding her knowledge of communications between a foreign adversary and the Trump transition team. She failed to meet the bare minimum standards... Read More

Washington, DC – U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement: “This is a moment of extreme peril for our country. President Trump and his allies in Congress are stopping at nothing to interfere with the special counsel’s Russia probe, even if it means putting the safety of the American public at risk, and degrading the rule of law. “In doing the bidding of President Trump, Congressman Nunes is engaging in... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the below statement following tonight’s State of the Union Address by President Trump: “What we saw from the President tonight was more propaganda, demagoguery, and bluster when what we need is leadership, character, and courage. The President has a distorted view of the world and one that is wildly out of step with reality and facts.” “In order to lead the United States, you have to be able to unite people... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) sent a letter today to Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross urging him to reconsider reported plans to appoint Dr. Thomas Brunell to serve as Deputy Director of the Census Bureau. Brunell’s stunning lack of management and government experience, fiercely partisan background and history of support for racial and partisan gerrymandering make him deeply unqualified to serve as the Census Bureau’s chief operational... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced today that he would bring 29-year-old New Jersey DACA-recipient Elizabeth Vilchis to Tuesday’s State of the Union address as his guest. Vilchis, who lives in Ridgefield, New Jersey, is originally from Puebla, Mexico. Her parents brought her to the U.S. when she was 7-years-old to escape the economic crisis in Mexico. As a young student, Vilchis excelled in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), graduating... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), both members of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today introduced a bipartisan infrastructure bill to boost the utility sector workforce. The Innovative Water Workforce Development Act would establish a competitive grant program to help develop the next generation of water utility workers. Over the next decade approximately 37 percent of water utility workers and 31 percent of wastewater... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement: "For months, President Trump, his surrogates, and many of his allies in Congress have worked in plain sight to undermine the credibility of the special counsel and his investigation. Now we've learned that, behind closed doors, the president attempted to fire the special counsel last summer. The Special Counsel Independence Protection Act was urgently needed then, and it's urgently needed now. It's long past... Read More

Washington, DC—U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ, Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Tom Udall (D-NM) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) sent a letter urging President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo to support a clear and transparent timeline that meets critical benchmarks in order to facilitate nationwide elections in December of 2018.  The Senators also encouraged Kabila to immediately release political prisoners per the December 2016... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) led a group of nearly a dozen of their Democratic colleagues today in urging the Administration to eliminate funding for abstinence-only education in the President’s Fiscal Year 2019 budget, and redirect those resources to programs grounded in evidence instead. The President requested $85 million in abstinence-only funding for FY18. In a letter to the Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, the Senators... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) today published the second episode of his “Lift Every Voice” podcast focused on dreamers. The episode highlights the inspiring, yet heartbreaking stories of four dreamers from New Jersey – Elizabeth, Adriana, Deya, and Kyungmin – who were brought to the United States as kids and are fighting for the American dream. The episode is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Play. “Dreamers are Americans... Read More

Washington, DC – U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the below statement: President Trump manufactured a crisis when he ended DACA, throwing the lives of hundreds of thousands of dreamers into chaos and uncertainty. In addition, 113 days have passed since the Children’s Health Insurance Program lapsed, and Senate Republicans have been using uninsured low-income kids as political pawns. President Trump and Republicans, who control the White House, the Senate, and the House, have a... Read More

Washington, DC – U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the below statement on the Trump shutdown: "President Trump and Republicans control the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives. With that power comes a basic responsibility to keep the government open and running. Sadly, this was a responsibility they chose not to meet, and now the American people will suffer. "President Trump and Congressional Republicans said they wanted a DACA solution that would provide relief to... Read More

Washington, DC – U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) delivered remarks on the nomination of Thomas Farr to be US District Court Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina at a Judiciary Committee hearing today.   Booker also spoke on the nominations of Jeffrey Clark, who has been nominated to serve as Associate Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Department of Justice, and Eric Dreiband, who was nominated to serve as the Assistant Attorney... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) today launched a podcast entitled “Lift Every Voice,” that will be dedicated to shining a light on overlooked issues of injustice and inequality and sharing inspiring stories of change. Podcast episodes will include Senator Booker talking with grassroots activists, stakeholders, and organizers who are overcoming injustices and making positive change in their communities. The podcast features an exclusive recording of the hymn... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) today harshly rebuked Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen about her failure to remember or condemn Trump’s racist comments made last week in the Oval Office. This issue “is very personal for me,” Booker said. “I sit here right now because when good white people in this country heard bigotry or hatred they stood up. Moving into my home community we were denied housing because of the color of our... Read More

NEWARK, NJ – Today, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) joined hundreds of 32BJ SEIU workers from across the region for a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day march and rally at Newark Liberty International Airport in support of worker’s rights. Later in the afternoon, Sen. Booker joined local leaders for a panel discussion hosted by The National Action Network and Booker’s church, Metropolitan Baptist Church in Newark, entitled “Growing the New Jersey Economy through Entrepreneurial... Read More

Washington, DC – U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) is traveling to Puerto Rico to meet with officials, business leaders, and residents and see firsthand the conditions facing the 3.4 million American citizens on the island as they continue to recover and rebuild nearly four months after Hurricane Maria made landfall. Booker is making his trip ahead of the January 19 deadline for Congress to agree to a FY18 budget agreement and settle a number of issues, including a third emergency disaster... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) has been appointed to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, one of the most influential and important committees in the chamber. In addition to Booker, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) was also appointed to the committee, marking the first time two African-Americans will serve simultaneously on the panel. The pair are only the second and third African-Americans to ever serve on the Judiciary Committee in its 200-plus year history. The Judiciary... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the Trump Administration announced its decision to end the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for El Salvador. “This decision to end protections for nearly 200,000 Salvadorans – including thousands right here in New Jersey – is heartless and a grave mistake. TPS was created to offer temporary, humane protection to foreign... Read More