Legislation

Cosponsored — Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2015

Cosponsored — Clay Hunt SAV Act

Cosponsored — A resolution commemorating 50 years since the creation of the Medicare and Medicaid Programs.

Cosponsored — Respect for Marriage Act

Cosponsored — Core Opportunity Resources for Equity and Excellence Act of 2015

Cosponsored — Copyright and Marriage Equality Act

Cosponsored — A resolution relative to the death of Edward W. Brooke, III, former United States Senator for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Cosponsored — A bill to control the spread of aquatic invasive species between the Great Lakes basin and the Mississippi River basin, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A resolution recognizing that access to hospitals and other health care providers for patients in rural areas of the United States is essential to the survival and success of communities in the United States.

Sponsored — A bill to improve the understanding and coordination of critical care health services.

Cosponsored — A resolution designating December 3, 2014, as “National Phenylketonuria Awareness Day”.

Cosponsored — A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of American Education Week.

Cosponsored — A resolution recognizing National Native American Heritage Month and celebrating the heritages and cultures of Native Americans and the contributions of Native Americans to the United States.

Cosponsored — A resolution expressing support for the goals of National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month by promoting national awareness of adoption and the children awaiting families, celebrating children and families involved in adoption, and encouraging the people of the United States to secure safety, permanency, and well-being for all children.

Cosponsored — A bill to expand the program of priority review to encourage treatments for tropical diseases.

Cosponsored — Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act

Sponsored — A bill to authorize the Secretary of Commerce, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a constituent-driven program that develops an information platform capable of efficiently integrating coastal data with decision-support tools, training, and best practices, and coordinates the collection of priority coastal geospatial data to inform and improve local, State, regional, and Federal capacities to manage the coastal region, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A resolution designating the week of September 20 through September 27, 2014, as “National Estuaries Week”.

Cosponsored — Emergency Contraception Access and Education Act of 2014