Legislation

Sponsored — 21st Century Buy American Act

Cosponsored — Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2015

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

Sponsored — Super Pollutants Act of 2015

Cosponsored — A resolution designating the week of September 19 through September 26, 2015, as “National Estuaries Week”.

Cosponsored — American Worker Health Care Tax Relief Act of 2015

Cosponsored — Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2015

Cosponsored — A resolution designating September 2015 as “Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month”.

Cosponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the Syrian refugee crisis.

Cosponsored — A resolution expressing support for the continuation of the Federal Perkins Loan program.