Booker Continues Fight to Lower Health Care Costs for New Jerseyans During Trump Shutdown: “This is not about politics. This is about people”

In case you missed it, as the Trump shutdown enters its fourth week, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) is continuing to speak out and demand his Republican colleagues to come to the table and negotiate with Democrats to lower health care costs for the American people.

Through national and local TV interviews, digital videos, and town halls, Booker is amplifying the message he's hearing every day from New Jerseyans-that Congress must act to bring down health care costs and reopen the government. Booker will continue to uplift the stories of his constituents and fight for a path forward, stating: "I was elected by the people of New Jersey to keep healthcare costs down and I will not give away my vote unless Republicans commit to stopping the healthcare nightmare many Americans are about to face."

MSNBC: All in with Chris Hayes

October 22, 2025

Sen. Booker: "I spent tonight calling New Jersey constituents - from a small business owner desperately trying to hold on to health insurance for their children and spouse, to a farmer employing 12 people who's facing a $12,000 annual increase while raising two beautiful little girls. They all told me the same thing: please don't stop fighting to keep this subsidy."

@SenBooker

October 23, 2025

Sen. Booker: "In my state, over 850,000 people rely on SNAP payments. Donald Trump is withholding the money because he wants to inflict maximum pain on Americans to hope it helps him politically. This isn't about politics. This is about people. This is urgent. So, please stand with me to make sure that Donald Trump releases the money to pay for children, for vulnerable people, for our neighbors to eat. Stop spreading lies about what you can't do, and do what you must do. This is about who we are as a people and what we stand for."

Eyewitness News ABC7NY

October 22, 2025

Sen. Booker: "I'm really not concerned about the politics right now. It's about the people. I was elected by the people of New Jersey to fight to bring costs down. So, I'm going to fight for Jersey. I'm going to fight for our jobs. I'm going to fight to lower costs against a president who has targeted our state and local tax deductions, raised costs through his terrible tariff plan, and, in his big, beautiful bill, found a trillion dollars to give corporations and the wealthiest Americans tax cuts while working-class Americans pay more. This is wrong."

PIX11

October 22, 2025

Sen. Booker: "There is a lot on the line for New Jerseyans. The president promised he would lower costs, yet he refuses to meet with us at the White House. Deal with America, deal with the pain people are feeling, and let's get this government open."

@SenBooker and @RepRaskin

October 21, 2025

Senator Booker joined U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD-08) for a joint Instagram live to discuss the Trump Administration targeting federal dollars going to projects in Democratic-led cities and states since the early days of the shutdown.

Sen. Booker: "Donald Trump is again undermining congressional intent, attacking constitutional principles like separation of powers, and the power of the purse. Even though we have passed in a bipartisan way funding for everything from local grants to local police departments all the way to the big infrastructure projects, Donald Trump is saying as President of the United States I don't have to spend this money. I'm going to freeze these vital funds to communities if you don't agree and capitulate to my power."

See also:

• 10/23: Booker Hosts Virtual Town Hall with NJ Food Banks Amid Trump's Withholding of SNAP Funding
• 10/15: Booker's Shutdown Conversation with Influencer Kate Barr
• 10/15: Senator Booker breaks down the facts about the government shutdown and debunks common myths in a game of true or false.
• 10/11: My office is taking calls every day about the effects of Trump's shutdown
• 10/10: As Trump Shutdown Drags On, Booker Demands Action to Stop Looming Health Care Crisis: "We have to come together to lower health care costs for the American people"
• 10/8: Booker, Van Hollen, Colleagues Urge Major Utility Companies Against Imposing Penalties, Service Shutoffs on Federal Workers Amid Shutdown
• 10/7: Booker, Whitehouse, Colleagues File Amicus Brief Urging Supreme Court to Reject Yet Another GOP Effort to Flood Politics with Corporate and Mega-Donor Cash
• 10/6: Booker on Trump Shutdown: "We have to stand up and fight right now"