Press Releases

Washington, D.C.— A resolution introduced by Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, honoring the life and achievements of Muhammad Ali following his death last Friday evening was passed by the Senate this afternoon by voice vote.   “Like so many Americans, Muhammad Ali was one of my greatest heroes. He taught us to live as God created us to: not to fit in but to stand out, not to be a dull carbon copy of others but to be unapologetically original, not to go... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ), along with Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Edward Markey (D-MA), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Al Franken (D-MN), Robert Casey (D-PA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), sent a letter to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) urging Administrator Peter Neffenger to... Read More

Washington, DC –Today,  U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement after the Senate passed the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation Booker was instrumental in negotiating which reforms the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (TSCA).  The final legislation merges policy priorities from S.697, which passed on Dec. 17, 2015 in the Senate, and H.R. 2576, which passed on June 23, 2015 in... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – A bill to honor the legacy of a fallen New Jersey soldier passed the US Senate just days before Memorial Day after U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Robert Menendez (both D-NJ) launched an effort to advance the legislation last month. The bill, which now heads to President Obama’s desk, would rename the Deptford Township, New Jersey, post office the “Savatore S. Corma II Post Office Building” in honor of the sacrifice made by First Lieutenant Salvatore S.... Read More

NEWARK, NJ – With lines growing ever-longer at the nation’s commercial airports, today U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Robert Menendez and U.S. Reps. Albio Sires (NJ-08) and Donald Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) were joined by U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials in announcing new steps to help address growing security line delays at Newark Liberty International Airport just days ahead of the beginning of the busy summer travel season.   Following months of urging... Read More

WASHINGTON– Today,  U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Robert Menendez (both D-NJ) and Rep. Frank LoBiondo (NJ-2) sent a letter urging the Office of the Inspector General at the Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct an inquiry into the management decisions of the Wilmington VA Medical Center prior to the suicide of a veteran, Charles R. Ingram, under its care at the Atlantic County Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC).   Earlier this month, following Mr. Ingram’s death and... Read More

WASHINGTON– U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) today introduced the Access to Birth Control (ABC) Act, legislation to ensure that any woman with a valid prescription is not denied or intimidated when requesting birth control or emergency contraception at pharmacies. “Sadly, in some states individual pharmacists are putting their personal views before their professional obligation, and are choosing to deny women access to birth control,” Sen. Booker said. “The Access to Birth... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Barbra Mikulski (D-MD) today introduced the Law Enforcement Officers’ Equity Act, legislation that would ensure all federal law enforcement officers receive the retirement benefits they deserve for their service. Due to the level of training required and greater danger present in their profession, Congress determined that people in federal law enforcement positions should receive higher salaries and enhanced retirement benefits compared... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – With the summer’s busy travel season rapidly approaching and lines growing ever-longer at the nation’s commercial airports, today U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) were joined by twenty of their Senate colleagues in calling for increased funding for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to help address long wait times and better ensure... Read More

Washington, D.C. – Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted to approve the bipartisan Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA), which would create a new licensing framework for advanced reactors at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).  Booker, a chief sponsor of the bill, applauded the committee’s vote for NEIMA in addition to a number of Booker-cosponsored bills that... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC –  Today, U.S. Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) sent a letter to Environmental Protection (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy urging the EPA to coordinate additional action from the federal government to reduce emissions from ports and the freight network to help alleviate the impact on lower-income and vulnerable communities. “Across the United States, 13 million... Read More

NEWARK, NJ – Today, U.S Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez (both D-NJ) renewed their call to hold polluters responsible for the cleanup of contaminated sites in New Jersey and across the country following the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) release this week of a proposed plan to address groundwater contaminated with hexavalent chromium at the Garfield Groundwater Contamination Superfund site in Garfield, New... Read More

NEWARK, NJ – U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Robert Menendez (both D-N.J.) today introduced a bill to rename the Deptford Township, New Jersey post office the “Savatore S. Corma II Post Office Building” in honor of the sacrifice of First Lieutenant Salvatore S. Corma II — a United States Army soldier and native of Wenonah, New Jersey, who was tragically killed in action in Afghanistan six years ago.   “First Lieutenant Salvatore S. Corma II paid the ultimate... Read More

HACKENSACK, NJ – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez led a statewide summit with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials, Acting State Health Commissioner Cathleen Bennett, and local medical professionals to discuss New Jersey’s preparedness for preventing the spread of the Zika virus.  New Jersey currently has nine confirmed cases of Zika out of more than 380 nationwide — all related to travel originating... Read More

WASHINGTON – The bipartisan authors of the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act (S. 2123) today announced revisions to the legislation to broaden bipartisan support for criminal justice reform. The bill is led by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, Assistant Democratic Leader Dick Durbin, Assistant Majority Leader John Cornyn, Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Patrick Leahy, and Senators Mike Lee and Sheldon Whitehouse.   The revised bill is now cosponsored by a... Read More

(Washington, D.C.) – Today Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), joined Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and 16 of their Democratic colleagues to introduce the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act, legislation to classify “conversion therapy” as a fraudulent practice that would be illegal under the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) authority. This harmful practice has been widely discredited by nearly all... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, during National Reentry Week, U.S. Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) introduced the At-Risk Youth Medicaid Protection Act to ensure that children who spend time in the juvenile justice system continue to receive much-needed health care coverage and treatments after their release from custody. Many children in the juvenile justice system rely on Medicaid, but too many states automatically terminate their Medicaid enrollment, causing serious gaps in... Read More

  WASHINGTON – This morning, the Senate Commerce Committee approved bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii). The bill addresses the future impact of new connected technology, known as the “Internet of Things.” This legislation, known as S. 2607, the Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things (DIGIT) Act, builds upon the senators’ resolution, which... Read More

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Tim Scott (R-SC) and Congressmen Pat Tiberi (R-OH) and Ron Kind (D-WI) introduced the Investing in Opportunity Act to help revitalize economically distressed communities by facilitating new incentives for investment in those areas. Currently, more than 50 million Americans live in a distressed community, and American investors have trillions of dollars of inactive capital that, if reinvested, could be used as an important new source... Read More

NEWARK, NJ – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez (both D-NJ) announced they were successful in helping to stop the proposed installation of a mooring buoy for commercial barges in the Hudson River just north of Ellis Island and east of Liberty State Park, just one day after  urging the Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) to consider the probable adverse impacts of the project. The Army Corps has confirmed that the... Read More