Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) today reintroduced his bill to ban discrimination based on hair textures and hairstyles that are commonly associated with a particular race or national origin. U.S. Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), along with Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Gwen Moore (D-WI), introduced companion legislation in the House of Representatives. Hair discrimination is... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Rev. Raphael Warnock (D-GA), today led 41 Senate Democrats in a push to build on the success of the American Rescue Plan by making critical tax credits for working families permanent. The American Rescue Plan provided an historic investment in the economic well-being of children, families, and struggling workers. The one-year expansions to the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Rev. Raphael Warnock (D-GA), today led 41 Senate Democrats in a push to build on the success of the American Rescue Plan by making critical tax credits for working families permanent. The American Rescue Plan provided an historic investment in the economic well-being of children, families, and struggling workers. The one-year expansions to the Earned Income Tax... Read More

NEWARK, N.J.– In the wake of two mass shootings in Atlanta, Ga. and Boulder, Colo. in as many weeks that tragically claimed nearly 20 lives, today U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez were joined by gun safety advocates, members of law enforcement, and community leaders in calling for Congress and the Biden Administration to take action to reduce gun violence in our communities. During today’s press conference in Newark, Sens. Booker and Menendez... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) joined Senators Michael Bennett (D-CO), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Reverend Rafael Warnock (D-GA) on the Senate floor to discuss the American Rescue Plan’s expansion of the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the need to make the expansions permanent.   WATCH HERE   Key Excerpts “…the poorest age group in America is our children with one in six American kids living in poverty. It is nothing less than a moral... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) reintroduced the Help Students Vote Act, a bill to strengthen student voter registration and civic participation on college campuses. This legislation would allow for federal guidance to institutions of higher education in order to ensure their students have the resources they need to register to vote. Historically, young adults have voted at the lowest rates of any age... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez (both D-N.J.) joined Sens. Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), along with 33 of their Senate colleagues, to introduce a resolution condemning all forms of anti-Asian sentiment, racism, and discrimination. The resolution also calls on federal officials, in collaboration with state and local agencies and Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community organizations to address the rise in COVID-19-related... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, following a spate of horrific mass shootings in recent days, most recently in Boulder, Colorado, and Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) joined Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and other Democratic colleagues on the Senate floor to honor the memory of those who have been killed by gun violence in the past month and urge his colleagues to take action to pass common sense gun safety measures.    WATCH HERE   Key Excerpts “I believe... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, following a spate of horrific mass shootings in recent days, most recently in Boulder, Colorado, and Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Senator Cory Booker participated in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on gun violence and proposed safety reforms.  WATCH HERE  Key Excerpts “We forget the very mandate of our government of our federal government and so the best mandate is perhaps the Constitution of the United States of America that begins with the purpose of why we're all... Read More

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) will chair the Senate Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research in the 117th Congress. The subcommittee’s jurisdiction includes oversight of programs regarding food and nutrition assistance, school meals, non-program crops, organic production, and research; and more.  Booker said, “Our nation’s food system is fundamentally broken. While big agriculture conglomerates get richer and bigger,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) urged the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to swiftly resolve outstanding issues with the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), a tool used to define areas at high risk for flooding, for the Township of Pequannock. In a letter to FEMA leadership, the lawmakers cite the negative impacts the delays have had on homeowners, and how the current health crisis has only magnified the economic hardship... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) released a new COVID-19 pandemic resource guide with information about the federal benefits available to New Jerseyans through the American Rescue Plan. The guide can be downloaded at booker.senate.gov/coronavirus.Booker said, “As we face economic and public crises unlike anything we have seen in our lifetimes, the American Rescue Plan is an urgently needed and historic investment that will help New Jerseyans and millions... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and U.S Representatives Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11), Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05), and Tom Malinowski (NJ-7) called on the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to authorize the creation of a sixth Vet Center in New Jersey, which would provide necessary counseling and support services to veterans residing in Morris, Sussex, Warren, and Hunterdon counties. In a letter to VA Secretary Dennis McDonough, the lawmakers explained how establishing a sixth... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Bennie Thompson (D-MS) reintroduced the Safe Line Speeds During COVID-19 Act to protect worker, consumer, and animal safety by suspending all current and future USDA waivers and regulations that allow companies to increase production line speeds at meatpacking plants during the COVID-19 pandemic. Across the country, many meat processing plants have become COVID-19... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) released the following breakdown of how New Jerseyans will benefit from the American Rescue Plan, the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill approved by Congress and expected to be soon signed into law by President Biden: CLICK HERE to read Sen. Menendez’s full statement.CLICK HERE to read Sen. Booker’s full statement. Stimulus Checks$1400 direct payments to individuals making less than $75,000 or couples making less than... Read More

Washington, DC -- US Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement: “I celebrate the confirmation of Merrick Garland to serve as Attorney General. He’s a person of character and integrity who will restore independence to the Department of Justice. I have no doubt he is the right choice to lead the Department forward and re-center justice as its mission. “I also celebrate my friend Matt Klapper, whom Attorney General Garland has put his trust in to serve as his chief of staff.  “For more... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez (both D-N.J.) today released a county-by-county and town-by-town breakdown of the $10.189 billion in direct, flexible, federal assistance to state and local governments allocated to New Jersey in the American Rescue Plan.  The final funding formula targets federal resources to areas with the greatest need and is modeled after Sen. Menendez’s bipartisan SMART Act, cosponsored by Sen. Booker, netting New Jersey around $1... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) praised the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 by the Senate. Following the vote, he issued the following statement:“As we face economic and public crises unlike anything we have seen in our lifetimes, the American Rescue Plan is an urgently needed and historic investment in the health and financial security of New Jerseyans and people across the country, a boost to our small businesses, a lifeline to state and local... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Jim Risch (R-ID), both members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressing concern about the state of democracy and ongoing human rights abuses in Uganda.  The letter also urges the Treasury Department and the State Department to utilize the authority of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability to designate individuals who are responsible for human rights... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Tim Scott (R-SC) introduced a bipartisan bill, the Department of State Student Internship Program Act, which will address the lack of diversity within the State Department's internship program by requiring the creation of a paid internship program that ensures interns are paid a minimum wage and provided housing and travel assistance.   For years, the State Department has struggled to recruit people of... Read More