{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press/booker-says-i-am-not-going-to-support-a-budget-that-hurts-new-jerseyans", "Booker Says, \u201cI Am Not Going to Support a Budget that Hurts New Jerseyans\u201d", "2025-09-09", "2025", "2025-09", "Democrat", "Senate", "NJ", "Cory A. Booker", "B001288", "www.booker.senate.gov", "booker", "https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press", "scraper", "In case you missed it, in interviews, videos, and conversation with New Jerseyans, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) is speaking out about the upcoming budget fight and the rising costs Americans and his constituents are facing. As the budget fight gets underway, Booker is making his position clear: \u201cI am not going to support a budget that hurts New Jerseyans, that hurts people more than they\u2019re hurting already.\u201d\n\nNBC Meet the Press\n\nSeptember 7, 2025\n\nSenator Booker: \u201cThis is a president that does not have the morals necessary to reach across the aisle and work within the bounds of our constitution. He is reckless, and he\u2019s hurting Americans, and I\u2019m not giving away my vote for a budget that\u2019s going to hurt New Jerseyans or anybody in our nation.\u201d\n\nSenator Booker: \u201cI am not going to support a budget that hurts New Jerseyans, that hurts people more than they\u2019re hurting already.\u201d\n\nNJ Spotlight News\n\nRising cost of living worries residents \u2014 and Booker\n\nSeptember 8, 2025\n\n\"With prices on everyday goods still climbing, frustration among New Jersey residents is mounting. U.S. Senator Booker sat down with some in Newark today to hear it firsthand, hosting a roundtable to learn where they are feeling it the most and to talk about how he plans to tackle it in Washington, laying the blame on President Trump's recent policies involving tariffs and tax reforms that Booker argues favor the wealthy at the expense of the working poor.\u201d\n\nSen. Booker: \u201cNow as we\u2019re seeing a back to school moment for Americans all across the country, we\u2019re seeing families facing increasing challenges to afford the basics.\u201d\n\n\u201cHe did say he would withhold his vote if he doesn\u2019t see some major changes that he believes are causing these families pain.\u201d\n\nThe Bergen Record:\n\nAs cost of back-to-school items rises, NJ's Cory Booker vows tough stance on spending bill\n\nBy Mary Ann Koruth\n\nSeptember 9, 2025\n\nBack-to-school shopping costs and the impact that tariffs will likely have on an already costly grocery list had Wilson \u2014 who is the mother of a 16-year-old and grandmother to two elementary schoolers \u2014 despairing over her family\u2019s expenses, she told Sen. Cory Booker, D-NJ, on Sept. 8 in his Newark office.\n\n\u201cWhat we\u2019re seeing is a coordinated, full-blown attack on public education in America,\" Booker said. \"By strangling these vital programs, what we are seeing is instability in our public schools.\u201d\n\nBooker was discussing the impact of tariffs and the increasing pressure on social safety net programs from recent federal funding clawbacks and the federal spending plan, which the Republican-majority Congress approved in July.\n\n\u201cWhat I\u2019m hearing from these professionals is a five-alarm fire,\u201d Booker said. \u201cThey are ringing the bell. And this is September. If it continues to June, we are going to have one of the worst years in public education.\u201d\n\n\u201cI will not give my vote away in this budget showdown unless some of this suffering hitting American families is alleviated,\u201d he said.\n\nNew Jersey Globe\n\nWith shutdown looming, Kim, Booker say they\u2019re willing to block Republican funding bill.\n\nSenate Democrats could sink partisan appropriations legislation thanks to filibuster\n\nBy Joey Fox\n\nSeptember 4, 2025\n\nIf Congress can\u2019t pass some sort of government funding bill by September 30, then the federal government will enter into a shutdown for the first time since 2019. And thanks to the filibuster, which requires most bills to get 60 votes in the Senate in order to pass, Senate Democrats will have to play a role in any funding deal that makes it to the president\u2019s desk.\n\nNew Jersey\u2019s two senators, Cory Booker and Andy Kim, are saying that their votes can\u2019t be taken for granted to prevent a shutdown. If Republicans put forward a bill that doesn\u2019t involve any input from Democrats and would, from their perspective, harm New Jersey and its residents, both senators signaled that they\u2019re willing to use their power to stop it.\n\n\u201cI am not going to support a budget that hurts New Jerseyans, that hurts people more than they\u2019re hurting already,\u201d Booker told reporters during a gaggle that he later posted online. \u201cDonald Trump and Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House. They have a responsibility to put forward a budget that can get through the United States Senate.\u201d\n\nIf Trump tries to \u201cbully\u201d the Senate into passing a partisan bill, he added, \u201cI\u2019m going to block it and I\u2019m going to fight to prevent him from doing that.\u201d\n\n@SenBooker\n\nSenator Booker: \u201cThis is a time to draw lines and to stand and fight. So I\u2019m telling folks, this is a crossroads. 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