Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to provide bankruptcy relief for student borrowers.

Sponsored — A bill to require reporting regarding certain drug price increases, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the definition of municipal solid waste.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide emergency assistance to States, territories, Tribal nations, and local areas affected by the opioid epidemic and to make financial assistance available to States, territories, Tribal nations, local areas, and public or private nonprofit entities to provide for the development, organization, coordination, and operation of more effective and cost efficient systems for the delivery of essential services to individuals with substance use disorder and their families.

Cosponsored — A bill to encourage Federal agencies to expeditiously enter into or amend cooperative agreements with States for removal and remedial actions to address PFAS contamination in drinking, surface, and ground water and land surface and subsurface strata, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the United States Postal Service to enter into an agreement with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to train employees of the Postal Service to identify illicit packages.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to improve Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program for low-income mothers.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to issue guidance and recommendations for institutions of higher education on removing criminal and juvenile justice questions from their application for admissions process.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Animal Health Protection Act to establish a grant program for research on chronic wasting disease, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to ensure small shipyard grant projects are carried out using materials produced in the United States.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint a coin in commemoration of the opening of the National Law Enforcement Museum in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide for the establishment of Medicare part E public health plans, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to extend the protections of the Fair Housing Act to persons suffering discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to direct the Secretary of State to review the termination characterization of former members of the Department of State who were fired by reason of the sexual orientation of the official, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment in basic science research.

Cosponsored — A bill to prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment in biomedical research.