Legislation

Cosponsored — Mental Health in Schools Act of 2015

Cosponsored — A resolution designating June 19, 2015, as “Juneteenth Independence Day” in recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which slavery legally came to an end in the United States.

Cosponsored — A resolution designating June 15, 2015, as “World Elder Abuse Awareness Day”.

Cosponsored — Pet and Women Safety Act of 2015

Cosponsored — Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2015

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for a review of the characterization or terms of discharge from the Armed Forces of individuals with mental health disorders alleged to affect...

Cosponsored — Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2015

Cosponsored — Stop Child Summer Hunger Act of 2015

Cosponsored — Fair Elections Now Act

Cosponsored — Crime Gun Tracing Act of 2015

Cosponsored — Affordability Is Access Act

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

Sponsored — MOVE Act

Cosponsored — Visa Waiver Program Enhanced Security and Reform Act

Cosponsored — A resolution celebrating the 50th anniversary of the historic Griswold v. Connecticut decision of the Supreme Court of the United States and expressing the sense of the Senate that the case was an important step forward in helping ensure that all people of the United States are able to use contraceptives to plan pregnancies and have healthier babies.

Cosponsored — A resolution relative to the death of Joseph Robinette Biden, III.

Cosponsored — A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.

Sponsored — Broadband Adoption Act of 2015

Cosponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that conversion therapy, including efforts by mental health practitioners to change the sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression of an individual, is dangerous and harmful and should be prohibited from being practiced on minors.