Floor SpeechNeutral2026-04-22

Text of Senate Amendment 5397

HealthcareTaxesEnvironmentForeign PolicyVeterans

Context

On 2026-04-22, Senator Cory A. Booker (D-NJ) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 5397" in the Senate. The speech addressed healthcare and also covered taxes, the environment. It referenced legislation including S2033, S2034.

Full Text

Text of Senate Amendment 5397

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S2033-S2034] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 5397. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 33, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States [[Page S2034]] Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of title III, add the following: SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO TAKING CARE OF OUR NATION'S VETERANS. The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to taking care of our nation's veterans, which may include prohibiting additional supplemental funding for President Trump's unauthorized war against Iran until every veteran on the health care waitlist of the Department of Veterans Affairs has a scheduled appointment and the median wait time for veterans seeking doctor's appointments at the Department has been cut in half, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2026 through 2035. ______

View original source →

Text of Senate Amendment 5397 Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S2033-S2034] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 5397. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 33, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States [[Page S2034]] Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of title III, add the following: SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO TAKING CARE OF OUR NATION'S VETERANS. The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to taking care of our nation's veterans, which may include prohibiting additional supplemental funding for President Trump's unauthorized war against Iran until every veteran on the health care waitlist of the Department of Veterans Affairs has a scheduled appointment and the median wait time for veterans seeking doctor's appointments at the Department has been cut in half, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2026 through 2035. ______