Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.  – U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today questioned President Trump on his administration’s recent decision to redirect $230 million in funding for stabilization efforts in Syria. These stabilization efforts have helped secure communities in northeastern Syria liberated from ISIS by removing explosive remnants of war, promoting representative local governance and civil society, rehabilitating basic... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and  U.S. House Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn (SC) today introduced a major new bicameral bill that will expand the successful 10-20-30 anti-poverty formula to a significantly larger group of federal accounts to ensure more funds are targeted to persistent poverty communities without raising taxes or adding to the deficit.  The bill, titled An Act Targeting Resources into Communities in Need, also ensures federal investment in all... Read More

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} [WASHINGTON, DC] – Following reports that the White House is limiting the scope of the investigation into sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Kamala Harris (D-CA), and Amy... Read More

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Kamala Harris (D-CA) today introduced a bill to reduce the United States' rising maternal mortality rates, improve maternal and infant health outcomes, and close the disparities that continue to put mothers and children of color at risk. The bill, the Maximizing Outcomes for Moms through Medicaid Improvement and Enhancement of Services (MOMMIES)... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The bipartisan Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 that was passed by the US Senate today includes provisions authored by U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Robert Menendez (both D-NJ) that will help hospitals and emergency medical departments identify and implement best practices for finding alternatives to the use of opioids. The provisions are from Booker and Menendez’s bipartisan Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act, which was also cosponsored by Senators... Read More

Washington D.C. — All 10 Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee today issued the following statement:         “With only a few hours’ notice and over the objections of Ranking Member Feinstein, Judiciary Committee Republicans scheduled a staff-level phone call with Brett Kavanaugh concerning allegations that he sexually assaulted a young woman.         “In view of the enormity and seriousness of these... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement: “The allegations contained in the Washington Post report about Judge Brett Kavanaugh are serious, credible, and deeply troubling. At a bare minimum, this week’s scheduled committee vote on Judge Kavanaugh’s lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court must be postponed until this matter is fully and thoroughly investigated. “It takes enormous courage to come forward publicly... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) today continued to release documents pertaining to Judge Kavanaugh's record that are marked "committee confidential" and have not been made available to the public. All of the Committee Confidential documents that Booker has released to the public can be found here. There are 75 in total. The latest batch of documents released today focuses on Judge Kavanaugh's involvement in the nomination of controversial federal judge Charles Pickering. The... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement in response to right-wing group Judicial Watch announcing that they have formally lodged a complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee after Booker has released 47 documents to the public categorized as "committee confidential" since last Thursday. On Friday, Senators Mitch McConnell and John Cornyn threatened an Ethics Committee investigation of Booker for releasing the arbitrarily-designated "committee confidential"... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After being threatened with expulsion from the Senate yesterday by the number two ranking Republican in the chamber and threatened with an Ethics Committee investigation today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) is continuing to release documents pertaining to Judge Kavanaugh’s record that are marked “committee confidential” and have not been made available to the public. All of the Committee Confidential documents that Booker has released to the public can be found here. There... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) today publicly released several documents previously marked Committee confidential from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s time as White House Counsel under President George W. Bush. “As I’ve been saying from the beginning, this process has been a sham,” Senator Booker said. “The fact that tens of thousands of documents revealing a Supreme Court nominee’s views on key issues were deemed Committee Confidential and not available to the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Tonight, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) questioned Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, focusing his line of questioning on affirmative action, racial justice, and voting rights. Video of Booker’s 30 minutes of questioning is available at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG6oqzOQDCk   # # # Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) today announced the introduction of a bill that would put an 18-month moratorium on large agribusiness, food and beverage manufacturing, and grocery retail mergers and acquisitions.  S.3404, The Food and Agribusiness Merger Moratorium and Antitrust Review Act of 2018, is aimed at the unprecedented concentration in the agriculture and food sectors, which is squeezing small family farmers, driving down wages for workers, and hurting... Read More

Washington, DC – Today, in advance of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s visit to the White House on August 27th, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, along with Senators Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Chris Coons (D-DE) introduced a bipartisan resolution to urge the government of Kenya to respect human rights and promote transparent, democratic governance. Citing Kenya’s... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement after meeting this afternoon with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh: “After meeting with Brett Kavanaugh today, my concerns with his nomination to the Supreme Court have only grown. “Judge Kavanaugh was unable to assure me that he believes Roe v. Wade is correctly decided Supreme Court precedent, which further reinforces that his confirmation would be a direct threat to a woman’s right to... Read More

Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Bob Menendez, (D-NJ), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) sent a letter to Commerce Under Secretary/ Deputy Secretary nominee Karen Dunn Kelley requesting information on her role in the process surrounding the decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. Specifically, the Senators are requesting more information on the discrepancy between Secretary Ross’s testimony before... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC â?“ U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) today led a bicameral letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) raising concerns about a rule change proposed by the Trump Administration last month that could severely hurt home care workers, including by limiting their ability to join a union to advocate for better wages, benefits, and workplace protections. The proposed change would threaten to limit the ability of... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C – As the 2018-19 school year gets underway, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), along with U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Doug Jones (D-AL), Kamala Harris (D-CA), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), re-introduced a bill to streamline the financial aid application process for graduate and undergraduate students, in an effort to help more underserved students have access to financial aid and attend college. The... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Banking Committee Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-OH) questioned insurance companies on their awareness of and involvement in the unjust, abusive, and oftentimes illegal practices of the bail bond providers that they insure. In a letter sent Friday to the more than 20 firms currently receiving the most revenue from the underwriting of bail bonds issued in the United States, the Senators urged the firms to address the unfair and exploitative... Read More

Monday, August 6 WHEN:        9:30-10:30AM WHAT:        In Mercer County, Senator Booker will participate in NJ Spotlight’s State of Healthcare in New Jersey forum. WHERE:     Capital Health Medical Center –Hopewell, 1 Capital Way, Pennington, NJ 08534     WHEN:        12:15-1:15PM WHAT:        In Ocean County, Senator Booker will... Read More