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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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Dec 16, 2025

I just want to commend him for his leadership and for that of some of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle, like Lindsey Graham and Mike Lee, who were extraordinary in getting this done. When I got to the Senate about 12 years…

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Dec 9, 2025

I first met Andy Kim when he was a college student and I was interviewing him for a Rhodes Scholarship. I will tell you right now, when Andy Kim walked in that room, he blew away every one of the interviewers. I like to brag around New…

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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

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Nov 30, 2025

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

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Nov 30, 2025

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

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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.

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Nov 30, 2025

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

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Nov 11, 2025

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

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Nov 11, 2025

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

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Oct 21, 2025

And of my colleague I would ask another question because you are making such a great point, and I really hope America hears this--that these policies, these constitutional principles that we are defending here, are not just arcane…

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Oct 21, 2025

the House bill halts the progress

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Oct 21, 2025

I just want to first say, as I present my question to him, how grateful I am for his stamina and for his strength but, more importantly, for his insightful truths that he has been telling now for well over 14 hours. In many ways, we see a…

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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.

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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.

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Oct 9, 2025

We are in ridiculously abnormal times.

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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…

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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.

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Oct 5, 2025

I am proud of those people who are standing up right now and saying, we’re not doing business as usual in Washington with this many millions of Americans are literally going to be hurt.

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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.

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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.

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Oct 3, 2025

Yeah, I just--again, I have so much respect for my colleague that I want to respond to some of the things he said, because, again, I just want to affirm that he is right on the urgency to help our police officers. He is right that States…

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Sep 29, 2025

New Jersey is home to one of our Nation's most vibrant Greek Orthodox communities. For generations, it has nurtured a community rooted in faith and service--values that continue to strengthen the fabric of not just our shared home but of…

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Sep 16, 2025

As much as you supplicate yourself to the will of Donald Trump, and not the Constitution, the United States of America, Donald Trump has shown us in his first term, and in this term, he is not loyal to people like you.

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Sep 13, 2025

The greatest terrorist acts we’ve seen since 9/11 are not from foreign terrorists. They’re from home grown Right-wing extremist groups.

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Sep 3, 2025

I can’t speak to other senators’ consideration, but I’m going to say it as loud as I can, as often as I can, this is a time to stand and fight.

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