WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) led colleagues in reintroducing S.40, the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act, legislation that would establish a commission to consider proposals for reparations for African American descendants of slavery. The Commission will study the impact of slavery and the continuing discrimination against African Americans and will m  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-CA-02) applauded the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) decision to maintain protections for grizzly bears under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The agency's decision was based on the best available science, as well as ample stakeholder input from state, tribal, and conservation partners. "Bio  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) released the following statement regarding the kidnapping of Rafael Tudares, Venezuelan opposition leader Edmu  more