Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) today introduced a landmark bill to reverse decades of failed drug policy that has disproportionately impacted communities of color. Booker announced the bill earlier today on Facebook Live.   The Marijuana Justice Act would remove marijuana from the list of controlled substances, making it legal at the federal level. The bill would also incentivize states through federal funds to change their marijuana laws if those laws were shown... Read More

ELMER, NJ – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) was joined by New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney in visiting Inspira Health Center in Elmer to tour the facility, meet with staff, and highlight the positive impact of the Affordable Care Act on New Jerseyans.  Today’s visit capped off a whirlwind weekend as Sen. Booker crisscrossed the state listening to the issues that matter most to New Jersyans as part of his 2017 Jersey Summer Road Trip.  “After all the... Read More

BRICK TWP, NJ – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) was joined by Brick Township Mayor John Ducey, Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato, health professionals, advocates and New Jerseyans in recovery for a roundtable discussion on the heroin and opioid addiction crisis in New Jersey and how the Affordable Care Act has helped expand treatment for individuals battling addiction across our nation. “The key to finding a long-term solution to the opioid crisis is by implementing a... Read More

Newark, NJ – On the heels of a dramatic week in DC ending in a stunning defeat of Senate GOP efforts to repeal the ACA, today U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) will launch his annual summer tour of New Jersey’s 21 counties highlighting the priorities he continues to fight for in the U.S. Senate on behalf of families across the Garden State.  The tour will commence TODAY at 6PM in Hudson County with a public discussion moderated by Insider NJ’s Max Pizzaro at St. Peters... Read More

Burlington, NJ – In the wake of the latest failed Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, today U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) was joined by Assemblymen Troy Singleton and Herb Conaway (both LD-07) for a roundtable discussion at Southern Jersey Family Medical Center, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Burlington, with healthcare professionals and New Jerseyans who were in jeopardy of losing their health coverage as a result of Republican efforts to repeal the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced a bill that would restore funding for the nation’s Superfund cleanup program to levels just above the program’s funding in the early 1990s (adjusted for inflation). The Environmental Cleanup Infrastructure Act would provide just over $55 billion – or approximately five percent of any trillion dollar infrastructure package – to clean up toxic Superfund sites and eliminate the growing backlog of abandoned... Read More

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) reintroduced a bill that enhances and expands sex education programs that empower young people to make healthy, informed decisions throughout their lives. The Real Education for Healthy Youth Act (REHYA) would build upon the success of existing federal sexual health programs and establish the first federally funded comprehensive sex education for young people across the country. It would also ensure that... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) issued the below statement following today’s vote on President Trump and Senate Republicans’ latest bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act: “Tonight is a victory for the millions of Americans who will not lose health coverage because Senate Republicans failed to pass their latest disgraceful attempt at a health repeal bill.” “This is also a victory for the thousands upon thousands of Americans across the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s announcement that he would ban transgender individuals from serving in the military. There are an estimated 15,000 transgender individuals currently serving on active duty or in the Guard or Reserve forces. “The thousands of transgender Americans serving in our military are heroes – just as all of our... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following a new report on the possible misuse of taxpayer dollars at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) asked HHS Secretary Tom Price to provide information about the Department’s advertising and public relations efforts to undermine the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and promote pending legislation before Congress. In their letter, the senators ask Secretary... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker and U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr (NJ-09) introduced legislation that would provide informal, unpaid family caregivers resources and support to help in providing quality care for their loved ones.  “As the health coverage for millions of Americans continues to hang in the balance, we must do all we can to support the most vulnerable among us and those who care for them,” said Sen. Booker.  “Family... Read More

Washington, DC – U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement: “The independent Congressional Budget Office just issued Senate Republicans another stark warning: the bill they’re voting on next week would throw our economy into chaos and disrupt health insurance for tens of millions of Americans. “32 million Americans would be left without health coverage. Insurance premiums across the board would double in the next decade. Medicaid would be decimated by a... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) pressed more than a dozen bank CEOs today on their overdraft fee programs, requesting more information on their current practices to encourage participation in so-called “overdraft protection.”  Banks offer overdraft protection to allow account holders to make purchases with a debit card even if they don't have sufficient funds in their account, while charging a fee for the service. But a 2014 study by Pew found that... Read More

NEWARK, NJ – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) met with housing advocates and New Jerseyans affected by tenant blacklisting to discuss legislation he will introduce this week to reform tenant screening practices.  Landlords in New Jersey and across the nation are using tenant screening reports prepared by third-party reporting agencies as a legal means to discriminate against potential tenants for simply asserting their legal rights.  Sen. Booker’s legislation would... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement: “We owe tonight’s victory of compassion and good policy over the latest Republican attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act to countless ordinary Americans who made an extraordinary effort to speak up and speak out against a craven attempt to leave millions of Americans without coverage and millions more with higher cost, lower quality insurance. “President Trump and Congressional Republicans... Read More

Washington, DC – U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement:  “Fiddling around the edges hasn’t changed the fundamental fact that Senate Republicans’ craven healthcare repeal bill will result in millions of Americans losing health coverage, premiums and deductibles for good coverage going up, and millions more Americans being left with worse coverage that may not even pay for the health services they need. “President Trump promised Americans... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) along with Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairwoman Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Chairwoman Judy Chu (D-CA) today introduced the Anti-Voter Suppression Act, a bicameral bill that would repeal President Trump’s Executive Order establishing an “election integrity” commission to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Richard Durbin (D-IL), and Kamala Harris (D-CA) today introduced a landmark bill to reform the way women are treated behind bars. The Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act would make a series of common-sense reforms to how the federal prison system treats incarcerated women in order to reduce the negative impact incarceration has on the family members of women behind bars, especially their children, and better... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Pat Roberts (R-KS) are leading a bipartisan group of ten Senators in urging the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations to work with the UN Secretary-General to pursue an independent special investigation into the suspicious deaths of two UN investigators killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in March.   American Michael Sharp and Swedish-Chilean dual citizen Zaida Catalan were murdered in the Kasai region of the DRC... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker urged the New Jersey Department of State to reject efforts by the Trump Administration to obtain sensitive voter information from New Jerseyans. Last week, the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity requested state-level voter data including names of all registrants, dates of birth, addresses and partial Social Security numbers in an effort to investigate President Trump’s widely unsubstantiated claims of voter... Read More