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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Feb 25, 2025

we are dealing with a crisis that all hundred Members of this body understand has taken the lives of hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people, and that is the scourge of fentanyl. One of the things we have been doing as a result of…

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Feb 25, 2025

I ask unanimous consent that the privileges of the floor be granted to the following members of my staff: Durva Trivedi, during the pendency of her legal fellowship, until September 12, 2025; and Zachary Rosenfeld and Rachelle Domond…

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Feb 25, 2025

I just want to clarify because my colleague pounded on the desk, and that was hard for me to watch. I am not here because we haven't been trying to get a bipartisan consensus on this and calling and doing all the work. I have watched this…

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Jeff Van Drew
@jeffvandrew· Republican · NJ· Feb 24, 2025

Working class people receive Medicaid as they are working […] This is not just lazy people who are sitting around not doing their job.

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Mikie Sherrill
@mikiesherrill· Democratic · NJ· Feb 23, 2025

Last night at the Pentagon, President Trump and Secretary Hegseth dismantled a core principle of American democracy: the apolitical military.

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Mikie Sherrill
@mikiesherrill· Democratic · NJ· Feb 23, 2025

Trump and Hegseth are trying to gut the military’s leadership so they can use the armed forces to carry out their personal, political agenda.

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Mikie Sherrill
@mikiesherrill· Democratic · NJ· Feb 23, 2025

In the United States Armed Forces, you swear an oath to the Constitution — not a person, not a political party.

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Mikie Sherrill
@mikiesherrill· Democratic · NJ· Feb 23, 2025

Ignoring the guidelines and firing JAGs suggests the administration is attempting to build a military of loyalists focused less on our safety and more on loyalty to MAGA and Trump.

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Feb 22, 2025

This is what a strong president does: They get elected, especially without a mandate, without the popular vote, you come in and say, ‘I want to work with Democrats.’

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Feb 22, 2025

Donald Trump has thrown that out the window and is sending a dangerous message to the military.

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Feb 22, 2025

They are already showing that they want to shut down the government. They're trying to shut down [the] Department of Education. They're trying to shut down USAID.

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Feb 19, 2025

Our federal agricultural policy is designed in such a way that the factory farm model gets all the benefits and none of the blame.

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Phil Murphy
@philmurphy· Democratic · NJ· Feb 18, 2025

The current program lines the MTA's pockets at the expense of New Jerseyans.

bbc.com
Josh Gottheimer
@joshgottheimer· Democratic · NJ· Feb 18, 2025

Today is a huge win for Jersey families, their wallets, and the environment.

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Chris Christie
@chrischristie· Republican · NJ· Feb 18, 2025

an embarrassing episode for the Department of Justice [that] further undercuts the public confidence in our system of justice.

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Chris Christie
@chrischristie· Republican · NJ· Feb 18, 2025

This is an embarrassing episode for the Department of Justice [that] further undercuts the public confidence in our system of justice.

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Andy Kim
@andykim· Democratic · NJ· Feb 16, 2025

USAID isn’t charity. It’s a foreign policy tool with bipartisan origins.

thenation.com
Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Feb 15, 2025

Clearly this is a man that is driving an agenda that’s breaking the law, violating civil service laws, violating common sense, violating fiscal prudence, benefiting corrupt practices.

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