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Josh Gottheimer
@joshgottheimer· Democratic · NJ· Feb 4, 2025

I missed the following votes, but had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 28 and YEA on Roll Call No. 29. ____________________

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Bonnie Watson Coleman
@bonniewatsoncoleman· Democratic · NJ· Jan 23, 2025

U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick was born in New Brunswick and raised in South River, and he died in D.C. on January 7, 2021. He succumbed to two successive strokes just hours after being pepper- sprayed by violent criminals…

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Chris Smith
@chrissmith· Republican · NJ· Jan 23, 2025

I thank my friend for yielding, and I thank Ann Wagner for her tremendous leadership and courage in authoring this important bill. Madam Speaker, in a Florida abortion clinic, Sycloria Williams delivered a perfectly healthy, live baby girl…

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Chris Smith
@chrissmith· Republican · NJ· Jan 23, 2025

This year's March for Life is an engraved invitation to each and every one of us to seriously recommit and rededicate ourselves to the defense of the weakest and most vulnerable. To recommit with love and compassion to tangibly assist…

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Jan 23, 2025

Mr. President, I appreciate the great Senator from the State of Florida with a haircut that is almost as good as mine. Thank you, sir. Every year, the pages come through in cycles. I shouldn't say ``every year.'' There are multiple classes…

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Jan 23, 2025

He is going to make it. Congratulations. You are one of the two poet champions of the U.S. page class--the fall page class. (Applause.) Yes, yes. Don't get an ego. Don't let it go to your head. Don't be like a Senator. OK. The other one…

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Jan 23, 2025

Thank you to Katie Britt, the tough-as-nails Senator who will never quit, before I sit--I just can't stop myself. And thanks to Elizabeth, we should have all the poems put into the Senate Record. So with that, I would like to ask unanimous…

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Jeff Van Drew
@jeffvandrew· Republican · NJ· Jan 22, 2025

These are not prepared notes, but I wanted to address a few of the things that the ranking member, Congressman Raskin, mentioned. It seems to me that from what I hear on the other side is everything but really dealing with and focusing on…

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Jeff Van Drew
@jeffvandrew· Republican · NJ· Jan 22, 2025

I am pleased to see that the Senate adopted the amendment that we wanted, which was to put into the bill the legislation that we had to detain and deport illegal aliens who assault cops. They have broken the law once, and now we are…

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Josh Gottheimer
@joshgottheimer· Democratic · NJ· Jan 22, 2025

I missed the following votes, but had I been present, I would have voted: NAY on Roll Call No. 20 and NAY on Roll Call No. 21. ____________________

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Josh Gottheimer
@joshgottheimer· Democratic · NJ· Jan 21, 2025

I missed the following votes, but had I been present, I would have voted: YEA on Roll Call No. 18 and YEA on Roll Call No. 19. [personal explanation]

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Jan 15, 2025

Forgive me, especially with who the Chair is. I am afraid. So I direct that question to the Chair to the person here.

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Jan 15, 2025

Would the Senator yield for one last question. Then I will yield to Senator Lujan for his presentation.

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Jan 15, 2025

That was the stunning thing: Whom are you for? Are you working for Americans, are you for American families, or are you for the wealthiest of the wealthy? I watched this in slow motion, this disaster for our country economically, when I…

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Jan 15, 2025

Senator, I came to the floor--or to the Chair, I came to the floor to listen to the good-faith arguments of colleagues about the Trump tax cut. I heard them say they would pay for themselves. This was a mantra I heard over and over again…

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Josh Gottheimer
@joshgottheimer· Democratic · NJ· Jan 15, 2025

I missed the following votes, but had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 13, YEA on Roll Call No. 14, and YEA on Roll Call No. 15. personal explanation Mrs. McCLAIN. Mr. Speaker, due to a death in the family, I needed…

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Chris Smith
@chrissmith· Republican · NJ· Jan 9, 2025

I wish to underscore my strong support of H.R. 23, the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act, and highlight the immediate need to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) for its dangerous abuse of power and for the United States to…

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Jeff Van Drew
@jeffvandrew· Republican · NJ· Jan 7, 2025

This individual then took a rock and bashed her head in until she was unrecognizable. Do you know what? Condolences aren't going to do it. I say it to my friend on the other side of the aisle, the ranking member. Feeling bad, feeling…

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