Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to allow the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into self-determination contracts with Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations to carry out supplemental nutrition assistance programs.

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 LGBTI Peoples, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to limit the separation of families at or near ports of entry.

Sponsored — A bill to establish an innovative water technology grant program and to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to encourage the use of innovative water technology, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to require publication of the annual reports required under the Presidential Order on Buy American and Hire American.

Cosponsored — A bill to encourage and promote urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural production practices, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act and the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to further plant cultivar research, development, and commercialization, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to improve water or waste disposal grants or direct or guaranteed loans, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — PAST Act

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 to increase interagency cooperation in the enforcement of standards for importing organic agricultural products, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — HELP Separated Children Act

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to delay the reduction in Federal medical assistance percentage for Medicaid personal care services furnished without an electronic visit verification system.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish a permanent community care program for veterans, to improve the recruitment of health care providers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to improve construction by the Department, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to reform the procedures provided under such Act for the initiation, investigation, and resolution of claims alleging that employing offices of the legislative branch have violated the rights and protections provided to their employees under such Act, including protections against sexual harassment and discrimination, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Disclosing Pharmaceutical Company Windfall Profits Act of 2018

Cosponsored — Disaster Housing Assistance Act

Sponsored — A bill to ensure that certain materials used in carrying out Federal infrastructure aid programs are made in the United States, and for other purposes.

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