Cory Booker

The provision requires EPA to allow States to regulate hazardous chemicals while EPA assesses a chemical for safety if the proposed state regulation meets three basic criteria: A, consistent with the dormant commerce clause of the U.S…

I want to say in conclusion that there is that story about the little engine that could and that did not give up and worked through trials and tribulations. Senator Wicker represented the values in that story. I am grateful to have worked…

I would first say thank you. I do share that enthusiasm. I appreciate the way the Senator began his remarks. This is a tradition of bipartisanship that goes beyond the Senator and me, but I want to say this about Senator Wicker because I…

just a brief moment. First and foremost, I want to thank the group of Senators who went over to Paris on the codel. It was very important that the United States of America was well represented there and that this body was well represented…

I wish to speak about the Every Student Succeeds Act that the President signed into law today. I want to first congratulate my colleagues Senator Patty Murray and Senator Lamar Alexander, who have effectively been able to guide this bill…

The United States will continue to press the Security Council to respond effectively to any future violations of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

14 years ago on November 17, 2001, families across New Jersey were still struggling with the grief of empty seats at dinner tables and closets full of clothes never to be worn again. It was 14 years ago that the news headlines were…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act

So there clearly is a crisis, and I am glad I didn't hear anybody sort of denying that we don't have a climate problem.

it seems that I hear in Washington over and over again that America must lead, that our leadership is important.

The U.S. historically providing leadership to help solve global crises is something I am proud of, and this is an occasion where we must rise again.

These are facts. 2015 actually is on pace to be even warmer than 2014.

America has led throughout the decades in generations past, from the space race, which has yielded billions and billions of dollars in economic benefit to the United States.

A recent NYU report finds that a global agreement to limit temperature increases to 2 degrees Celsius will provide $10 trillion in direct benefits to the United States.

But, that is not persuasive to me because we have created a society that allows segregation...

I am happy to see Eleanor Holmes Norton recognize that choice in education encompasses both District schools and charter schools.

the goal here is to learn from that and constantly work to make things better for our public schools.

But, I just want to, real quick, there has been criticism, and I think you have had some, for the evaluation of this program...

Black children in my city that are attending schools that beat the State average have increased 300 percent.

I wish this Congress was as committed to increasing funding for poor kids as it is in this little area called this three-prong approach.

that is a lie to many kids because they do not get the justice of a great education.

Our failure to support things that work means that our teachers in public schools... have to deal with challenges that they should not have to deal with.

I am dedicated to the idea that the American public--public education is a bedrock, fundamental aspect of this country.

This scholarship program does not allow that because the scholarship amount is too low.

But, would you agree with me that if the scholarship amount was more and kids could go to higher performing schools...