Legislation

Sponsored — 21st Century Buy American Act

Cosponsored — Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act of 2013

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.

Cosponsored — Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act of 2014

Cosponsored — Supporting College Success Through Dual Enrollment Act

Cosponsored — Caring for Military Children with Developmental Disabilities Act of 2014

Cosponsored — Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2013

Cosponsored — Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act of 2014

Cosponsored — A resolution relative to the death of Harlan Mathews, former United States Senator for the State of Tennessee.

Cosponsored — International Violence Against Women Act of 2014

Sponsored — United States Coast Guard Commemorative Coin Act

Cosponsored — Peace Corps Equity Act of 2014

Cosponsored — A resolution condemning the abduction of female students by armed militants from the Government Girls Secondary School in the northeastern province of Borno in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Cosponsored — NATO Alliance Recognition and Promotion Act

Sponsored — A bill to establish the Green Bank to assist in the financing of qualified clean energy projects and qualified energy efficiency projects.

Cosponsored — Minimum Wage Fairness Act

Cosponsored — Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013

Sponsored — At-Risk Youth Medicaid Protection Act of 2014

Cosponsored — A bill to direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to obtain observer status for Taiwan at the triennial International Civil Aviation Organization Assembly, and for other purposes.