Legislation

Cosponsored — Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2017

Sponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in awarding a contract for the procurement of goods or services, to give a preference to offerors that employ veterans, and for other purposes.

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 — A bill to provide paid family and medical leave benefits to certain individuals, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Military Widow's Tax Elimination Act of 2017

Cosponsored — A bill to protect scientific integrity in Federal research and policymaking, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to place in Arlington National Cemetery a monument honoring the helicopter pilots and crewmembers who were killed while serving on active duty in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish within the Department of Veterans Affairs a center of excellence in the prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and rehabilitation of health conditions relating to exposure to burn pits.

Cosponsored — A bill to require Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic form.

Cosponsored — A bill to allow the financing by United States persons of sales of agricultural commodities to Cuba.

Cosponsored — A bill to nullify the effect of the recent executive order that temporarily restricted individuals from certain countries from entering the United States.

Sponsored — A bill to prevent conflicts of interest that stem from executive Government employees receiving bonuses or other compensation arrangements from nongovernment sources, from the revolving door that raises concerns about the independence of financial services regulators, and from the revolving door that casts aspersions over the awarding of Government contracts and other financial benefits.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require drug manufacturers to provide drug rebates for drugs dispensed to low-income individuals under the Medicare prescription drug benefit program.

Cosponsored — A bill to authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Megellas, formerly of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and currently of Colleyville, Texas, for acts of valor on January 28th, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.

Cosponsored — A bill to block implementation of the Executive Order that restricts individuals from certain countries from entering the United States.

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

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform taxation of alcoholic beverages.

Cosponsored — A bill to nullify the effect of the recent executive order that temporarily restricted individuals from certain countries from entering the United States.

Sponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a constituent-driven program to provide a digital information platform capable of efficiently integrating coastal data with decision-support tools, training, and best practices and to support collection of priority coastal geospatial data to inform and improve local, State, regional, and Federal capacities to manage the coastal region, and for other purposes.