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Cory Booker

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Cory Anthony Booker is an American politician and attorney currently serving as the junior United States senator from New Jersey, a position he has held since 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, Booker previously served as the mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013, where he focused on urban development and public safety initiatives. He is known for his advocacy on issues such as criminal justice reform, affordable housing, and healthcare access. Throughout his career, Booker has emphasized the importance of community engagement and bipartisanship in addressing the challenges facing New Jersey and the nation.

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May 27, 2026

New Jersey is home to over 2,000 plant species, and our native plants are essential to the health of our ecosystems and the diversity of our wildlife.

hirono.senate.gov
May 27, 2026

The NAIRR gives universities, students, and researchers—in New Jersey and across the country—the tools they need to pursue new breakthroughs.

young.senate.gov
May 27, 2026

The cost of youth sports has gotten out of control. Parents are getting squeezed, kids are being shut out, and big businesses are cashing in.

murphy.senate.gov
May 27, 2026

Well, already the president’s balance sheet is letting more than $14 billion go through that during this conflict; he allowed them to sell oil in this deal alone.

huffpost.com
May 27, 2026

I’ve been proud to work with my Senate Democratic colleagues to use every tool and power we have in the Senate to stop this war, and tonight, we secured the first real step towards ending it.

duckworth.senate.gov
May 26, 2026

He’s got us in a situation that’s worse than it was before — a more extreme regime [with the] Strait of Hormuz now as a leveraging point for them.

huffpost.com
May 26, 2026

Easing of sanctions on Iran, allowing them to get billions of more, the same deal [from Obama that] he criticized, he’s already doing worse than.

huffpost.com
May 26, 2026

This does not deal with that. Before he became president the first time, they had no highly enriched uranium. They had sent it out. Now, they have it because of him.

huffpost.com
May 26, 2026

Immigrants at Delaney Hall are on a hunger strike because they are fighting for their human rights. The conditions there are deplorable. Enough is enough - not in New Jersey, not anywhere.

cbsnews.com
May 17, 2026

We also stand here with the understanding that the freedoms we inherited from our ancestors are not possessions that we hold, they are rights that we hold in trust.

wisconsinexaminer.com
Nov 30, 2025

Our wedding has mirrored our relationship — magical, meaningful, and strengthened by the extraordinary support of our friends and family.

usatoday.com
Nov 30, 2025

We said 'I do' in two places that shaped us — Cory's beloved Newark and Alexis's hometown of Washington, D.C. — first at the courthouse, then with our families. Hearts full and so grateful.

usatoday.com
Nov 30, 2025

But Alexis is exactly the kind of woman my dad would have wanted for me.

nytimes.com
Nov 30, 2025

Early in our relationship, I had a bittersweet moment of grief realizing my father would never get to meet the woman I’m marrying

nytimes.com
Nov 30, 2025

Well, honey, this is the song that’s playing at your proposal

nytimes.com
Nov 11, 2025

My urgency is to be an effective leader in bringing an end to this crisis.

npr.org
Nov 11, 2025

These are questions that a lot of people think are the important litmus tests that are loaded and hot.

npr.org
Oct 21, 2025

The House bill halts the progress

msnbc.com
Oct 15, 2025

But I am leading in the Senate on West Bank crises right now, from their attempts to annex it or illegal settlements.

thehill.com
Oct 15, 2025

I’m not going to be outside of the room screaming, I want to look him in the eye, like me, Amy Klobuchar and a whole bunch of other people did, and talk to him about humanitarian aid.

thehill.com
Oct 9, 2025

We are in ridiculously abnormal times.

msnbc.com
Oct 5, 2025

You’ve seen Chuck Schumer go to the podium, negotiate with us, almost begging the president to bring the parties together, like he said, Donald Trump literally has said, it’s the president’s responsibility to bring the parties together and…

nypost.com
Oct 5, 2025

I don’t care about the blame game. I care about Americans losing their health insurance, rates of death going up, hospitals being crushed, medical services ending in places in rural America. This is a tsunami of Donald Trump’s creation.

nypost.com
Oct 5, 2025

Donald Trump literally has said it's the president's responsibility to bring the parties together and negotiate a way through. This is a failure in leadership.

nypost.com
Oct 5, 2025

We are in a crisis. We need a president to stand up and bring us together to help to solve the problems of American people.

nypost.com

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