Legislation

Cosponsored — Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit Equity for Puerto Rico Act of 2015

Cosponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the availability of high-quality childcare for working parents should be increased.

Cosponsored — Domestic Violence Gun Homicide Prevention Act of 2015

Cosponsored — A resolution condemning the senseless murder and wounding of 18 individuals (sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, uncles, aunts, cousins, students, and teachers) in Roseburg, Oregon, on October 1, 2015.

Cosponsored — Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act

Cosponsored — Department of Veterans Affairs Provider Equity Act

Sponsored — A resolution recognizing the importance of mental health globally and highlighting the contributions and value of mental health, psychosocial support, and human capacity, particularly in development contexts and humanitarian settings.

Cosponsored — Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2015

Sponsored — 21st Century Buy American Act

Cosponsored — Protecting Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2015

Cosponsored — A resolution calling on Congress, schools, and State and local educational agencies to recognize the significant educational implications of dyslexia that must be addressed and designating October 2015 as “National Dyslexia Awareness Month”.

Cosponsored — Workplace Democracy Act

Cosponsored — Middle East Refugee Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2016

Cosponsored — American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act

Sponsored — Help Find the Missing Act

Cosponsored — JOLT Act of 2015

Cosponsored — American Energy Innovation Act

Sponsored — Students Before Profits Act of 2015

Cosponsored — Social Security Earned Benefits Payment Act