Legislation

Sponsored — A bill to establish the Strength in Diversity Program, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to issue guidance and recommendations for institutions of higher education on removing criminal and juvenile justice questions from their application for admissions process.

Cosponsored — A bill to strengthen Buy American requirements, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to prohibit oil and gas leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of New England.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to establish, or expand upon, master's degree programs in orthotics and prosthetics, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to award grants to fund research on orthotics and prosthetics, and for other purposes.

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

Cosponsored — A bill to direct the Secretary of State to review the termination characterization of former members of the Department of State who were fired by reason of the sexual orientation of the official, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to promote democracy and human rights in Burma, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Secure And Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2019

Cosponsored — A bill to transfer and limit Executive Branch authority to suspend or restrict the entry of a class of aliens.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend projects relating to children and to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to prohibit the stigmatization of children who are unable to pay for meals.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the earned income and child tax credits, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the President to set a minimum annual goal for the number of refugees to be admitted, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of Food and Drug Administration-approved contraception, medication related to contraception, and for other purposes.