Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to restore the United States' international leadership on climate change and clean energy, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to clarify provisions enacted by the Captive Wildlife Safety Act, to further the conservation of certain wildlife species, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for the issuance of Green Bonds and to establish the United States Green Bank, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to restrict the first-use strike of nuclear weapons.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide for the establishment of Medicare part E public health plans, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve the efficiency of summer meals.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide that children who have relocated from Puerto Rico to the States are fully considered for purposes of State allotments under the English Language Acquisition grants.

Cosponsored — A bill to allow Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.

Cosponsored — A bill to regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish minimum standards of disclosure by franchises whose franchisees use loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide incentives for hate crime reporting, provide grants for State-run hate crime hotlines, and establish alternative sentencing for individuals convicted under the Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.

Cosponsored — A bill to ensure affordable abortion coverage and care for every person, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to establish a grant program to provide assistance to States to prevent and repair damage to structures due to pyrrhotite.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish a Climate Change Education Program, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish the Office of Regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction Programs within the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to advance the strategic alignment of United States diplomatic tools toward the realization of free, fair, and transparent elections in Nicaragua and to reaffirm the commitment of the United States to protect the fundamental freedoms and human rights of the people of Nicaragua, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the temporary limitation on personal casualty losses, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to repeal certain impediments to the administration of firearms laws.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish a grant program to provide assistance to prevent and repair damage to structures due to pyrrhotite.