Legislation

Cosponsored — National Guard and Reserves Benefits Parity Act

Sponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of American innovation and significant innovation and pioneering efforts of individuals or groups from each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the United States territories, to promote the importance of innovation in the United States, the District of Columbia, and the United States territories, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill making continuing appropriations for military pay and death benefits in the event of a Government shutdown.

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

Cosponsored — A bill to strengthen parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits.

Cosponsored — Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017

Cosponsored — A bill to strengthen Buy American requirements, 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.

Cosponsored — PACT Act

Cosponsored — A bill to establish the "Biomedical Innovation Fund", and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to amend chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popularly referred to as the Buy American Act) and certain other laws with respect to certain waivers under those laws, to provide greater transparency regarding exceptions to domestic sourcing requirements, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to modernize laws and policies, and eliminate discrimination, with respect to people living with HIV/AIDS, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to prohibit the United States Government from barring refugees from entering the United States based on their country of origin.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to strengthen protections for employees wishing to advocate for improved wages, hours, or other terms or conditions of employment, to expand coverage under such Act, to provide a process for achieving initial collective bargaining agreements, and to provide for stronger remedies for interference with these rights, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — ME TOO Congress Act

Cosponsored — A bill to count revenues from military and veteran education programs toward the limit on Federal revenues that certain proprietary institutions of higher education are allowed to receive for purposes of section 487 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — USS Indianapolis Congressional Gold Medal Act

Cosponsored — YOUTH Act

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes.