U.S. Senators reintroduce the PREDICT Act to enhance wastewater testing for improved public health response and disease detection.
Quiver AI Summary
Senators reintroduce bipartisan legislation: U.S. Senators Cory Booker, Angus King, Tim Scott, Ted Budd, Roger Wicker, and Maggie Hassan have reintroduced the Public Health Response and Emergency Detection through Integrated Wastewater Community Testing (PREDICT) Act. This bill aims to enhance the wastewater monitoring network to improve early detection of infectious diseases.
Importance of wastewater surveillance: The PREDICT Act recognizes the significance of monitoring wastewater to identify potential outbreaks of diseases such as measles and influenza, even among asymptomatic individuals. Senators emphasized the need for timely response to public health threats as paramount in maintaining community safety.
Key provisions of the PREDICT Act: The legislation proposes various measures such as granting funds to health departments for wastewater surveillance, supporting advanced testing technologies, ensuring geographic representation in monitoring, and creating a national strategic plan to strengthen the surveillance systems across the country.
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Cory A. Booker Fundraising
Cory A. Booker recently disclosed $1.2M of fundraising in a Q4 FEC disclosure filed on January 30th, 2026. This was the 45th most from all Q4 reports we have seen this year. 96.3% came from individual donors.
Booker disclosed $683.9K of spending. This was the 82nd most from all Q4 reports we have seen from politicians so far this year.
Booker disclosed $21.9M of cash on hand at the end of the filing period. This was the 3rd most from all Q4 reports we have seen this year.
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Cory A. Booker Net Worth
Quiver Quantitative estimates that Cory A. Booker is worth $1.1M, as of March 16th, 2026. This is the 322nd highest net worth in Congress, per our live estimates.
Booker has approximately $76.1K invested in publicly traded assets which Quiver is able to track live.
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Cory A. Booker Bill Proposals
Here are some bills which have recently been proposed by Cory A. Booker:
- S.4096: A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to modify provisions relating to rural decentralized water systems grants.
- S.4042: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the standard deduction, and for other purposes.
- S.4018: A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to expand access to school-wide arts and music programs, and for other purposes.
- S.3953: A bill to authorize the Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture to support African American history education programs, and for other purposes.
- S.3914: Supreme Court Ethics and Investigations Act
- S.3864: Federal Jobs Guarantee Development Act of 2026
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2026 New Jersey US Senate Election
There has been approximately $37,007,446 of spending in New Jersey US Senate elections over the last two years, per our estimates.
Approximately $3,232,660 of this has been from outside spending by PACs and Super PACs. Some of the groups who are spending money in this race include:
- UNITED 2024 ($1,299,155)
- LEADERSHIP WITH INTEGRITY PAC ($884,886)
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- WITH HONOR FUND II, INC. ($80,000)
The rating for this race is currently "Solid D".
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