Cory Booker

I do not think anyone should heckle a president, interrupt their speech.

This is a vaunted tradition. I want to be here and show my respect to the institutions that I think [President Donald Trump] in many ways is disrespecting.

This is not about performance politics. Let's leave that to the carnival barker that he's been in the past.

This is a President who needs to explain himself.

This is very similar to that in the sense that they control the House, they control the Senate, they control the White House, they have the levers of power, but they're not delivering.

I respect the presidency, even though I don't have a lot of respect for what this President is doing.

In reserving the right to object, this is why I am down here today--really, literally, at this point--and I want to jump here. I thank the Presiding Officer for recognizing me. I truly appreciate that, but this gets me excited because this…

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…

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…

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…

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.’

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

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.

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

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.

These disparities are not accidents. They are the direct result of decades of unjust policies and systems that determine whether your air or water is clean, or how close your family is to a toxic waste site.

The country is in crisis right now.

the country is in 'crisis right now' and that Democrats will use 'every tool possible' to protect Americans.

the country is in 'crisis right now'

Democrats are not looking to shut down the government.

I am grateful not only that you recognized me, but with the respect which you said the State of New Jersey. I know that you love my State. Many of my State residents are moving to Florida, so you are a very Jerseyified State yourself, so…

Trump and Musk are recklessly and illegally dismantling USAID, an essential national security agency that saves lives.

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 of pages. They…

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…

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…