Legislation

Cosponsored — Short Line Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2015

Cosponsored — Family Engagement in Education Act of 2015

Cosponsored — A bill to provide an immediate measure to control the spread of aquatic nuisance species from the Mississippi River basin to the Great Lakes basin and to inform long-term measures to prevent the Interbasin transfer of aquatic nuisance species.

Cosponsored — Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2015

Cosponsored — A resolution designating February 2015 as “American Heart Month” and February 6, 2015, as “National Wear Red Day”.

Cosponsored — A bill to extend the trade adjustment assistance program, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A resolution to express the sense of the Senate regarding the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe and to encourage greater cooperation with the European governments, the European Union, and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in preventing and responding to anti-Semitism.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide for the compensation of Federal employees affected by a lapse in appropriations.

Cosponsored — A bill to promote career readiness indicators and career counseling for students.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — No Child Left Inside Act of 2015

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs.

Cosponsored — A bill to allow Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.

Cosponsored — A resolution commending Kathleen Alvarez Tritak on her service to the United States Senate.

Cosponsored — A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or in the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Cosponsored — Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2015

Cosponsored — A resolution designating Friday, February 13, 2015, as “$2.13 Day”.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the Health Coverage Tax Credit.

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to protect and restore the Great Lakes.