Legislation

Cosponsored — Improving Veterans Access to Care in the Community Act

Cosponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the prosecution and conviction of former President Mohamed Nasheed without due process and urging the Government of the Maldives to take all necessary steps to redress this injustice, to release all political prisoners, and to ensure due process and freedom from political prosecution for all the people of the Maldives.

Cosponsored — A resolution recognizing the 195th anniversary of the independence of Greece and celebrating democracy in Greece and the United States.

Cosponsored — Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015

Cosponsored — A bill to extend the authorization of the Highlands Conservation Act.

Cosponsored — Global Respect Act

Cosponsored — A resolution supporting the goals of International Women’s Day.

Cosponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should establish a goal of more than 50 percent clean and carbon-free electricity by 2030 to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, grow the economy, increase shared prosperity, improve public health, and preserve the national security of the United States.

Cosponsored — National Biomedical Research Act

Cosponsored — Biotechnology Food Labeling Uniformity Act

Cosponsored — Medicaid Coverage for Addiction Recovery Expansion Act

Cosponsored — A resolution celebrating Black History Month.

Cosponsored — Living Donor Protection Act of 2016

Cosponsored — A resolution recognizing the historical significance of Executive Order 9066 and expressing the sense of the Senate that policies that discriminate against any individual based on the actual or perceived race, ethnicity, national origin, or religion of that individual would be a repetition of the mistakes of Executive Order 9066 and contrary to the values of the United States.

Cosponsored — Office of Strategic Services Congressional Gold Medal Act

Cosponsored — A resolution celebrating Black History Month

Sponsored — Healthy Homes Tax Credit Act

Cosponsored — A resolution relating to the death of Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Cosponsored — Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act