Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to stop exploitation through trafficking.

Cosponsored — Girls Count Act of 2014

Cosponsored — A bill to revise the authorized route of the North Country National Scenic Trail in northeastern Minnesota and to extend the trail into Vermont to connect with the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act of 2014

Cosponsored — A bill to ensure that employers cannot interfere in their employees’ birth control and other health care decisions.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide an incentive for businesses to bring jobs back to America.

Cosponsored — A resolution relative to the death of the Honorable Alan John Dixon, former United States Senator for the State of Illinois.

Cosponsored — Patriot Employer Tax Credit Act

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere to conduct an assessment of cultural and historic resources in the waters of the Great Lakes, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Commodity Futures Trading commission to take certain emergency action to eliminate excessive speculation in energy markets.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide an incentive to businesses to bring jobs back to America.

Cosponsored — A resolution relative to the death of Howard H. Baker, Jr., former United States Senator for the State of Tennessee.

Cosponsored — RESPONSE Act of 2014

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Medicare Protection Act

Cosponsored — Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act

Cosponsored — Women’s Small Business Procurement Parity Act

Cosponsored — A resolution designating June 19, 2014, as “Juneteenth Independence Day” in recognition of June 19, 1865, the day on which slavery legally came to an end in the United States.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the Department of State a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBT Peoples.