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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.
Cosponsored — Veterans’ Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014
Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that working families have access to affordable health insurance coverage.
Cosponsored — A bill to direct the Attorney General to make grants to States that have in place laws that terminate the parental rights of men who father children through rape.
Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student loans, and for other purposes.
Cosponsored — A bill to improve the access of veterans to medical services from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Cosponsored — A resolution relative to the death of Harlan Mathews, former United States Senator for the State of Tennessee.
Cosponsored — A bill to amend the method by which the Social Security Administration determines the validity of marriages under title II of the Social Security Act.
Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student loans, and for other purposes.
Sponsored — A bill to clarify the status of the North Country, Ice Age, and New England National Scenic Trails as units of the National Park System, and for other purposes.