Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to lift the trade embargo on Cuba.

Cosponsored — A bill to impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act of 2017

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student loans, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act

Cosponsored — Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2017

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify the Federal Pell Grant duration limits of borrowers who attend an institution of higher education that closes or commits fraud or other misconduct, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Accurate Workplace Injury and Illness Records Restoration Act

Cosponsored — Honoring Hometown Heroes Act

Sponsored — Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Act

Cosponsored — Anti-Lunch Shaming Act of 2017

Cosponsored — Chinese-American World War II Veteran Congressional Gold Medal Act

Cosponsored — A bill to guarantee coverage of certain women's preventive services under all health plans.

Cosponsored — A bill to restrict the exportation of certain defense articles to the Philippine National Police, to work with the Philippines to support civil society and a public health approach to substance abuse, to report on Chinese and other sources of narcotics to the Republic of the Philippines, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 with respect to the scope of employee pension benefit plans.

Sponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the United States Coast Guard.

Cosponsored — Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2017

Cosponsored — PAWS Act of 2017

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.