Cory Booker

I don't trust... the Supreme Court when they said we're going to integrate schools.

We have athletes now putting in upwards of 60, 70 hours a week. That's a problem.

It's inadequate and it is costing some athletes thousands of dollars into their lifetimes.

That's a problem, right?

This is plainly and simply the dark side of the NCAA where athletes are being exploited.

That has to be addressed.

This is a serious crisis in my opinion in terms of the number of challenges we are having with safety in our area.

I am very, very concerned about the speed with which we are addressing the issues in the Newark Liberty Airport area.

I look at that discrepancy, and I am wondering if the research and development portion, which was cut approximately $43 million--is this causing a strain basically in terms of the FAA's ability to address the challenges?

I want to make sure that we are applying the proper energy in the proper place.

Thank you, Madam President. Our amendment would maintain critical evidence-based safety rules that reduce truckdriver fatigue. I am disappointed that this bill currently includes a provision that would roll back the enforcement of these…

I rise to speak on an amendment I have filed on the appropriations bill that this Chamber is now considering. The amendment is cosponsored by Senators Rockefeller, Feinstein, Menendez, Schumer, Blumenthal, Gillibrand, Markey, Warren, and…

When the Endangered Species Act came out, everyone said the economy would be destroyed, it was going to have horrible effects. Quite the contrary, the American economy continued to surge.

This is not a left-right issue. This is not an issue of politics, this is an issue of facts.

When the 1972 Clean Water Act came out, everyone said the economy would be destroyed, it would cost us jobs--quite the contrary, our economy increased.

In 1987, the Montreal Protocol to protect the ozone layer, everyone said, the economy would be destroyed and jobs would be the cost.

This amendment would retain a study of the 34-hour restart and strike the anti-truck safety provisions.

I rise today to express my disappointment that earlier today this Chamber could not even proceed to the consideration of the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act. This would have allowed those with outstanding student loan debt…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. College Affordability

I guess that is the anguish I feel today and the more I have dug into this issue over the previous months.

I always find it curious that when we need money to build bombs or wage wars, there is always plenty of money to be found, but whenever you ask for money for environmental protection or Superfund site cleanups, there is never a dime in our…

You have these areas that could be producing jobs, tax revenue and the like.

What are the consequences of that?

I am concerned that there are many hazardous sites in New Jersey that could be moving forward with cleanup but are not because funding is not available.

That is incredibly helpful.