Cory A. Booker
Senator for New Jersey · Democratic · United States
“They have developed over recent years more power and more leverage, and that is a scary thing for the NCAA. I want to be honest about one point--about who creates a disproportionate amount of that value. That is actually Black athletes.”
Senate28 September 2026Source ↗
“The protections expire in 4 to 9 years, depending on the size of the program. The NCAA's antitrust exemption is permanent. The protections for women's and Olympic sports are only temporary. And athletes are noticing. Listen to Caitlin VanderKlok, a cross-country athlete at the University of Tennessee.”
Senate28 September 2026Source ↗
“In most States, it is the highest paid State employee. In 2025 alone, 15 fired coaches secured buyouts worth nearly a quarter of a billion dollars. That is $250 million paid to coaches not to coach. You hear people running around here lobbying, saying: Oh, we have a financial crisis in college sports.”
Senate28 September 2026Source ↗
“That should tell you everything you need to know about who this bill protects. Listen to former senior Justice Department officials, including a former principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, a former Acting Associate Attorney General, and a former Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division.”
Senate28 September 2026Source ↗
“Madam President, I am so grateful to be recognized. It is amazing how for more than 14 years in this place, I was trying to get Congress to step in to do something to help athletes, but the answer was no, no, no.”
Senate28 September 2026Source ↗
“People in this body that say it protects women's and Olympic sports are lying to you by not telling you the whole truth; that those protections expire. Listen to Meghann Burke, executive director of the National Women's Soccer League Players Association.”
Senate28 September 2026Source ↗
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“This is, who do you stand for? At a time when people are cynical about all of Congress--they don't feel like anybody is fighting for them--who is going to stand up today and say: I fight for the little guy. I fight for the small business. I fight for the working servicemember. Who is going to stand up? Who is going to stand up? I know where I stand, and I encourage my colleagues to preserve this rule that stops predatory big banks from savaging the financial lives of too many Americans. I yield the floor.”
Senate26 March 2025Source ↗
“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.”
Senate26 March 2025Source ↗
“Madam President, it is with a heavy heart that I would like to make a statement to honor the extraordinary life and service of a great advocate: Mr. Grant Smith. Grant spent a lifetime working on issues to advance fair justice system. Most recently, Grant worked with my team on the Re-Entry Support Through Opportunities for Resources and Essentials Act, known as the RESTORE Act. In all of his work with my team, he showed great professionalism, dedication, and care.”
Senate12 March 2025Source ↗
“Mr. President, 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, during the pendency of their legal clerkships until April 23, 2025.”
Senate25 February 2025Source ↗
“This is an opportunity to put some things on to show the larger public that we are not going to do what we always do. I am really worried when this window closes, there will be a lot of people thumping their chests and saying: We have dealt with the fentanyl crisis, and all these other ideas won't have vehicles to go through. I will not stop working until this body does more than just scheduling what has already been scheduled. People on both sides of the aisle are demanding us to do more. And we don't need to go left; we don't need to go right. We need to do the commonsense, evidence-based approaches that are being supported and called for. In fact, some of the commonsense amendments are already bipartisan supported by Senators. So I am grateful. I yield the floor.”
Senate25 February 2025Source ↗
“So, God, I am sorry that my friend who is truly a great American leader and one of the smarter people in here--I am sorry that he objected to my bill, but I will stand up in our committee meeting on Thursday and make this same plea; that we don't just pass the HALT Fentanyl Act but that we actually put things in it that aren't partisan ideas. They are the ones that law enforcement is calling for. They are the ones that scientists are calling for. They are the ones that doctors are calling for--bipartisan bills. Dear God, the parents of dead children are calling for us to step up and do more than the same old thing we have been doing around the War on Drugs since I was a kid myself. With that, I object.”
Senate25 February 2025Source ↗
“So as we are working in a bipartisan way in the Senate Judiciary Committee with the understanding that the temporary scheduling may expire in the coming weeks--in order to remove that pressure and allow us to work in a bipartisan fashion, I have come to the floor today to ask for unanimous consent that we continue that temporary scheduling while we work in a bipartisan fashion to make sure that we give the most fulsome response possible to this crisis. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 724, the Temporary Extension of Fentanyl-Related Substances Scheduling Act, which is at the desk; I further ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.”
Senate25 February 2025Source ↗
“No matter if you are a billionaire or a President, if you are a teacher, if you are a cop, if you are a plumber, this Nation says that our voices matter. In the words of that Negro spiritual, as we have tried to do here all through the night, I hope everyone in America understands that this is the time for us to ``lift every voice.'' I yield the floor.”
Senate5 February 2025Source ↗
“When we start moving it quells my blues The Capitol subway is my home A place to meet and greet It rides underneath the great dome This is the place to accomplish the great feat by Xavier Carrasco Cooper I am often asked what all do I do No answer has ever covered it through Don't want to be seen as mediocre Don't want to lie and look like a joker I used to think the government was few A small club of people always on view Leading our country by virtual decree Only the few fought for us to be free I have seen how terribly wrong I was I've met those who work outside of the buzz Without recognition, fame or applause Those who take pride in serving a great cause That's what we Pages are meant to observe And to learn from others the pride to serve”
Senate23 January 2025Source ↗
“But I will tell you, there are 99 colleagues, but nobody is more the surrogate Senate page parent than Katie Britt, the Senator from Alabama. I hope that you have learned from her the power of simple, everyday kindnesses. Mr. President, I defer to my friend and colleague, the Senator from Alabama.”
Senate23 January 2025Source ↗
“The biggest corporations were saying it publicly. I was reading it in the newspaper. The lowest thing I saw the corporations asking for was 25 percent. What were those conversations like when you were talking to our colleagues on the other side? How did they end up at 21 percent and then not even support an amendment to bring it back up to what the corporate leaders were asking for to the benefit of working-class people? How could that amendment not have passed?”
Senate15 January 2025Source ↗