Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to amend chapter 85 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify that Federal employees excepted from a furlough are eligible for unemployment compensation.

Cosponsored — Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019

Cosponsored — A bill to provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide back pay to low-wage contractor employees, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to protect victims of stalking from gun violence.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate fair prescription drug prices under part D of the Medicare program.

Cosponsored — A bill to suspend the enforcement of certain civil liabilities of Federal employees and contractors during a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to require a background check for every firearm sale.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain river segments within the Wood-Pawcatuck watershed as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Pay Our Coast Guard Act

Cosponsored — Presidential Tax Transparency Act

Cosponsored — Vote By Mail Act of 2019

Cosponsored — Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2018

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Higher Education Opportunity Act to restrict institutions of higher education from using revenues derived from Federal educational assistance funds for advertising, marketing, or recruiting purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide for cost sharing for oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the cost sharing provided for anticancer medications administered by a health care provider.

Cosponsored — Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Wild and Scenic River Act

Cosponsored — A bill to recognize and honor the service of individuals who served in the United States Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act