Booker, Conaway, New Jersey Congressional Democrats Condemn Defense Secretary Hegseth’s Decision to Detain Undocumented Immigrants at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst

This is an inappropriate use of our national defense system and military resources.

“We call on our Republican colleagues in New Jersey to join us in urging this Administration to immediately reverse this action. Using our country’s military to detain and hold undocumented immigrants jeopardizes military preparedness and paves the way for ICE immigration raids in every New Jersey community.”

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Booker, Padilla, Schiff Announce Bill to Make Access to Equitable Health Care a Protected Civil Right

U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Alex Padilla (D-CA), and Adam Schiff (D-CA) announced the Equal Health Care for All Act, bicameral legislation that would make equal access to medical care a protected civil right to help address the racial…

“Everyone deserves equal access to comprehensive, high-quality health care, free from discrimination”

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Booker: “Either Bove and the Justice Department are Lying about the Epstein Situation…Or They Are Showing A Dangerous Lack of Transparency”

As the Senate Judiciary Committee considers advancing EmilBove–who’s been called “Trump’s worst nomination yet”– to be a Third Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals, Judiciary Committee member U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) has been…

“Either Bove and the Justice Department are lying about the Epstein situation…or they are showing a dangerous lack of transparency.”

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Booker, Markey Introduce Legislation to Get Dangerous Chemicals Out of Food

Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) introduced the Ensuring Safe and Toxic-Free Foods Act, legislation that would require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ensure novel substances are safe before they…

“It is unacceptable that hundreds of new chemicals have entered the food supply without the FDA requiring an independent, scientific review of their safety. This has led to the use of ingredients that have evidence of carcinogenicity or endocrine disruption in thousands of food products”

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Booker Statement on Senate Judiciary Republicans Attempt to Push Emil Bove Through Committee

They are too afraid to thoroughly examine his record and debate the merits of his nomination.

“As hard as they try, my Republican colleagues can’t ignore the truth: Emil Bove is alarmingly unfit to serve a lifetime appointment to one of the highest courts in our country. They are too afraid to thoroughly examine his record and debate the merits of his nomination. This is a profound disappointment.”

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Booker Introduces Pesticide Injury Accountability Act

Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Pesticide Injury Accountability Act, legislation that would ensure that pesticide manufacturers can be held responsible for the harm caused by their toxic products.

“Rather than providing a liability shield so that foreign corporations are allowed to poison the American people, Congress should instead pass the Pesticide Injury Accountability Act to ensure that these chemical companies can be held accountable in federal court for the harm caused by their toxic products”

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Booker, Murray Reintroduce Access to Birth Control Act

Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Patty Murray (D-WA) led the reintroduction of the Access to Birth Control Act.

“Three years ago, the Supreme Court unjustly overturned Roe v. Wade, and opened the door to attacks on contraception”

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Booker Demands Answers on Emil Bove’s Involvement in DOJ Withholding the Epstein Files

Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to Emil Bove requesting information relating to his involvement in the Department of Justice’s review of and decision making relating to…

“You have held a key decision-making role at DOJ since the beginning of this Administration, first as Acting Deputy Attorney General through March 2025 and then in your current position as Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General, serving as a close adviser to Attorney General Pam Bondi.”

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“Booker Took Waltz to Task” Over Signalgate

In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) grilled Mike Waltz, President Trump’s disgraced former National Security Advisory-turned-UN nominee, during yesterday’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing.

“‘At a moment where our national security was clearly compromised, you denied, you deflected and then you demeaned and degraded those people who objectively told the truth and criticized your actions”

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Booker, NJ Democrats Demand ED Release Funding for K-12, Adult Education Funding

Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) led his Democratic colleagues in the New Jersey delegation in a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought and Department of Education (ED) Secretary Linda McMahon to…

“On June 30, 2025, just one day before these funds were supposed to become available, the Department of Education abruptly informed states that they would not receive funding as scheduled on July 1… No timeline was given for when states could expect a resolution.”

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Booker, Senate Judiciary Democrats Demand Hearing with Whistleblower Ahead of Bove Nomination Vote

Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker joined all of his Democratic colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee in calling for Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to schedule a hearing to have Erez Reuveni, the former Acting Deputy Director for the…

“We respectfully request that you call Erez Reuveni to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee prior to the Committee’s vote on the nomination of Emil J. Bove III to be a U.S. Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Mr. Reuveni has made credible allegations against Mr.”

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Booker, Clarke, Kelly, Watson Coleman Reintroduce Bicameral Legislation to Tackle Uterine Fibroids Through Research and Education

Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) along with U.S. Representatives Yvette Clarke (D-NY-09), Robin Kelly (D-IL-02), and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12), reintroduced the bicameral Stephanie Tubbs Jones Uterine Fibroid Research and…

“Millions of Americans, including nearly 25% of Black women, will suffer from uterine fibroids by the age of 25”

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