Legislation

Cosponsored — Trauma-Informed Care for Children and Families Act of 2017

Cosponsored — Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

Sponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish mental and behavioral health care to certain individuals discharged or released from the active military, naval, or air service under conditions other than honorable, and for other purposes.

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 nullify the effect of the recent executive order regarding border security and immigration enforcement.

Cosponsored — READ Act

Cosponsored — A bill to nullify the effect of the March 6, 2017 executive order that temporarily restricts most nationals from six countries from entering the United States.

Sponsored — A bill to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to clarify what constitutes a general solicitation under the Federal securities laws, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services under Medicare.

Cosponsored — Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act

Sponsored — A bill to block implementation of the Executive Order that restricts individuals from certain countries from entering the United States.

Cosponsored — A bill to reduce temporarily the royalty required to be paid for sodium produced on Federal lands, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to modernize the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988.

Cosponsored — A bill to protect a woman's right and ability to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy by limiting restrictions on the provision of abortion services.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a stewardship fee on the production and importation of opioid pain relievers, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care.

Cosponsored — CHAMPVA Children's Care Protection Act of 2017

Cosponsored — A bill to eliminate racial, religious, and other discriminatory profiling by law enforcement, and for other purposes.