Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that payment under the Medicare program to a long-term care hospital for inpatient services shall not be made at the applicable site...

Cosponsored — John Rainey Memorial Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act

Cosponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to childhood stroke and recognizing May 2015 as “National Pediatric Stroke Awareness Month”.

Cosponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the humanitarian catastrophe caused by the April 25, 2015, earthquake in Nepal.

Cosponsored — Raise the Wage Act

Cosponsored — PAST Act

Cosponsored — Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2015

Sponsored — Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2015

Cosponsored — National Scenic Trails Parity Act

Cosponsored — End Racial Profiling Act of 2015

Cosponsored — Wounded Warrior Research Enhancement Act

Cosponsored — A resolution supporting efforts to ensure that students have access to debt-free higher education.

Cosponsored — Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act

Cosponsored — Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2015

Cosponsored — Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2015

Sponsored — United States Coast Guard Commemorative Coin Act

Cosponsored — Positive Train Control Safety Act

Cosponsored — A concurrent resolution recognizing the need to improve physical access to many federally funded facilities for all people of the United States, particularly people with disabilities.

Cosponsored — Huntington's Disease Parity Act of 2015