Legislation

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to distribute maternity care health professionals to health professional shortage areas identified as in need of maternity care health services.

Cosponsored — A bill to improve access to affordable prescription drugs.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to reform the rights and processes relating to appeals of decisions regarding claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — S Corporation Modernization Act of 2017

Cosponsored — INTERDICT Act

Cosponsored — Tax Relief for Guard and Reserve Training Act

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of permanent faculty in palliative care at accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, social work schools, and other programs, including physician assistant education programs, to promote education and research in palliative care and hospice, and to support the development of faculty careers in academic palliative medicine.

Cosponsored — A bill to improve the reproductive assistance provided by the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to severely wounded, ill, or injured members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their spouses or partners, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish mental and behavioral health care to certain individuals discharged or released from the active military, naval, or air service under conditions other than honorable, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide women with increased access to preventive and life-saving cancer screening.

Cosponsored — A bill to allow Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.

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

Cosponsored — Keeping Our Promise to Our Afghan Allies Act

Cosponsored — Reserve Component Benefits Parity Act

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to extend certain protections against prohibited personnel practices, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — American Cures Act

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to raise the quality of career and technical education programs and to allow local eligible recipients to use funding to establish high-quality career academies.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 and title 38, United States Code, to require the provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and to expand access to such care and services, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to nullify the effect of the March 6, 2017 executive order that temporarily restricts most nationals from six countries from entering the United States.