Cory Booker

This is an exciting day. It's a historic day and a day as a personal pride for me of someone that I've known special since I was recruiting her to run for Senate in the first place.

She's just someone that I'm excited about, about the people in my life who are going to look at her and get so inspired by this being a nation where anything is possible.

I'm proud to call Kamala Harris, my dear friend and sister, and next year, I'll be even more proud to call her our Vice President. This is history. Kamala is a trailblazer who will serve this country well as the first black and Asian…

Well, I mean, I was so happy it's been one of the - it's been hard to control myself for feeling joy.

Nobody laid down any pavement for her. She had to cross some tough terrain to even get to the United States Senate.

I know Kamala. She and I have been in the trenches together. She and I -- look, she's a more than a friend. She's my sister.

But, for me, it's necessary but not sufficient, because I want us to go -- beating Donald Trump gets us out of a valley. It does not get us to the mountaintop.

I thank you for the recognition, and I thank the Democratic leader for his words. The Democratic leader talked about what is happening in our country. I have never seen something like this before in all my years, where hundreds of…

I rise today to discuss the Confederate monuments that are in our hallowed Halls of Congress. I would like to make a live UC request, but preceding that request, I want to make just a few very brief remarks. The National Statuary Hall…

I thank my colleagues who are here and for all of the work that has been done around the Equality Act, not just here in the Senate but also in the House of Representatives. I want to make this very clear. You look at history, and you see…

If I could just respond--I know how busy my colleague is. He has a well-earned reputation on both sides of this body for his sincerity, for his decency, and for his honor. I take to heart his words that this is often not a good forum in…

Before the good Senator from Illinois speaks, I just want to, if I may, express my gratitude to the two colleagues who just spoke. The Senator from Virginia, who has been a champion on these issues when he was a Governor and now as a U.S…

Just over a week ago, Senator Harris and myself, with the partnership and support of many of the Democrats in the Senate and our Senate leadership, Chuck Schumer, along with colleagues in the House, our Congressional Black Caucus, and over…

I want to thank Senator Harris for her words, and I want to thank her as the lead Senator on this bill. I want to thank her for her partnership and leadership. I also want to thank Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, who has shown…

This is a bill that has already passed this body. Same bill, same language. There was no objection. Only four Members of the House of Representatives objected. Same bill, same language. I have heard this objection. We disagree with this…

I rise today with difficulty. I admit I am like so many other Americans who are hurting right now and frustrated right now and feeling a torrent of emotions that I wish I could say it was the first time I felt like this. I want to begin my…

I thank Senators Cassidy and Menendez for leading on this extraordinary bill and the broad bipartisan support that it has. I know Senator Menendez and I have both been mayors in our communities, and when there is no crisis, we know…

Let me just say, right at the top, how grateful I am to stand on the Senate floor again with Senator Chuck Grassley. He has been one of the great partners I have had in my short time in the Senate, and I am honored to have gotten a lot of…

This past week, we have seen that the spread of COVID-19 has really become a crisis not just for our Nation but a crisis for every American. Today, millions of Americans are asking themselves how they will endure this crisis, how long will…

Before I begin my formal remarks, I just want to state that the Senate page class--I don't know if you have noticed--are better than adequate. They are doing a good job for the United States of America, and I appreciate them in their…

As of today there are over 1,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases in 35 States and Washington, DC. The World Health Organization has now declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Thirty-one people have died in the United States already because of this virus…

I have prepared remarks, but before I do that, I want to thank the pages who are in this class right now. They are hard at work, and they do so much for this institution. I just want it written in the Record of the U.S. Senate that on this…

Throughout my time in Congress, I have worked to address our Nation's most pressing environmental issues and have supported aggressive action to protect our environment, address climate change, and reduce air and water pollution. Although…

In 1974, after the House Judiciary Committee voted to approve Articles of Impeachment against President Nixon, Chairman Peter Rodino, of my home State of New Jersey, a lifelong Newark resident of my home city who had been thrust into the…

Thank you, sir. Mr. Chief Justice, I send a question to the desk to be asked of the House manager. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Senator Booker's question is for the House manager: Even if a communication or a document is covered by executive…