Press Releases

NEWARK, N.J. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced $179.3 million in federal funding for infrastructure projects across New Jersey, including investments in expanding access to broadband, building an urban school, and expanding a center serving people without homes and LGBTQIA+ youth. The grants, awarded through the Department of Treasury’s Capital Projects Fund (CPF),will fund projects that enable work, education, and health monitoring in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, helping... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker, a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, issued the following statement after the Department of Agriculture (USDA) finalized a rule mandating that all meat products sold with the “Product of U.S.A.” label must be derived from animals born, raised, slaughtered, and processed in the United States.  This regulation closes a loophole that emerged after the repeal of mandatory country of origin labeling in 2015,... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rand Paul (R-KY) reintroduced the Justice for Breonna Taylor Act. The legislation would prohibit no-knock warrants, which allow law enforcement officials to forcibly enter a home without announcing their authority or purpose. Congressman Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-03) introduced companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives. “Breonna Taylor’s horrific death nearly four years ago was a flashpoint in our country's conscience... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement applauding the bipartisan advancement of the Preventing Child Labor Exploitation in Federal Contracting Act through the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs. Booker and U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced the bill last year.  The bipartisan legislation would leverage the multi-billion dollars in federal procurement contracts to hold corporations accountable for the... Read More

NEWARK N.J. — Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced that his guest to the State of the Union address this week is Roshni Kamta, a Jersey City native whose breast cancer diagnosis at 22 years old led her to freeze her eggs and inspired her advocacy for wider access to fertility treatments on behalf of breast cancer patients and women of color in healthcare. After Kamta received the news that she had stage 2 breast cancer, her oncologist informed her that the chemotherapy she needed to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Michael Bennet (D-CO), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, have returned from a three-day official trip to Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank. The Senators met with U.S. diplomats, Jordanian, Israeli, and Palestinian leaders, and United Nations representatives. Booker and Bennet are the first Senators to visit the West Bank since Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7th,... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker, in the wake of Alabama’s State Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos created during the IVF process are “children” under state law, joined a group of Democratic senators in cosponsoring U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Patty Murray (D-WA)’s legislation to protect access to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and other assisted reproductive technology (ART) nationwide. The Access to Family Building Act—which would establish a statutory right... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, US Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, issued the following statement: “I am deeply concerned by the Ghanaian Parliament’s passage of the so-called ‘Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill.’ This bill, if signed into law, would criminalize any person who identifies as LGBTQI+, as well as those who support the LGBTQI+ community. “Not only could this bill undermine the strong, longstanding... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced legislation that would establish a grant program aimed at strengthening cardiovascular research, promoting heart disease awareness, and improving health outcomes in the South Asian community in honor of American Heart Month. The South Asian Heart Health Awareness Act would raise awareness about the alarming rates of heart disease for South Asians across the United States while also improving resources for all communities... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and U.S. Representative Steny Hoyer (D-MD-05) issued the following statement after the Department of Education (DOE), in response to the lawmakers’ request, updated guidance clarifying that Federal Work-Study (FWS) funds may be used for employment by a Federal, State, local, or Tribal public agency for civic engagement work that is not associated with a particular interest or group. The Department will also be including this update in the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Laphonza Butler (D-CA), along with Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, reintroduced the John R. Lewis Voting Advancement Act, legislation that would update and restore critical safeguards of the original Voting Rights Act.  In the wake of the Supreme Court’s damaging Shelby County decision in... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, along with Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representatives Gregory Meeks (NY-05), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Sara Jacobs (CA-51) issued a statement after the Biden administration announced the appointment of Tom Perriello as U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan. “We welcome the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, issued the following statement: “I applaud the FTC for taking action today to challenge Kroger’s proposed acquisition of Albertsons. This proposed mega-merger is anticompetitive and would harm workers, farmers, food suppliers, and shoppers grappling with rising food prices. In less than half a century, we have experienced nearly unchecked corporate consolidation in almost every... Read More

NEWARK, N.J. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $19 million in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) for bus electrification to accelerate the transition to low-and-zero-emission vehicles in New Jersey. Booker has championed electric vehicles to advance environmental justice, especially in communities heavily burdened by pollution, and has supported efforts throughout New Jersey to secure federal funding for electrification of... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) joined a group of 13 Senators led by U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Alex Padilla (D-CA), and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) in a letter to U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Robin Carnahan regarding GSA’s implementation of President Biden’s 2021 Executive Order. The letter requests updates as the agency implements the Executive Order by modernizing Vote.gov to promote and increase voting access. “The... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker joined a group of lawmakers led by U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) in a letter to President Biden supporting ongoing U.S. diplomatic efforts to secure the release of Israeli hostages in tandem with the restoration of a mutual ceasefire agreement in Gaza.“Since the October 7th Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, in which Hamas abducted more than 200 civilians — including babies, young children, and the elderly —... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led 15 colleagues in calling on Secretary Antony Blinken and Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to expand assistance for relatives of U.S. citizens stranded in Gaza. The Senators expressed concerns about the current limited eligibility criteria for State Department assistance and advocated for the inclusion of additional family members beyond current practices. They also urged the Department of... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement: “It is imperative that the United States act urgently to support our allies in the world and address humanitarian needs that are causing immense human suffering. Supporting democracy wherever it flourishes and preventing humanitarian catastrophe is in our national security interests.  “This legislation provides support for the people of Ukraine who continue to defend their freedom and their democracy in the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), chairman of the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, along with Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Jim Risch (R-ID), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Tim Scott (R-SC), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, introduced a resolution recognizing the actions of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militia in the Darfur region of Sudan against non-Arab ethnic... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker joined 15 of his Senate colleagues in introducing a resolution calling on the Administration to work with allies and partners within the international community to dramatically increase humanitarian aid to Gaza in order to prevent further spread of disease and starvation. The resolution was led by U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) and joined by Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Tina Smith (D-MN), Jeff... Read More