Legislation

Sponsored — A bill to ensure the use of American iron and steel in public water systems, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish privacy protections for customers of broadband Internet access service and other telecommunications services.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make permanent the extension of the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and the increased payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program.

Sponsored — A bill to establish a commission to ensure a suitable observance of the centennial of the passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for women's suffrage, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.

Cosponsored — Credit Union Residential Loan Parity Act

Cosponsored — A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to promote access for United States officials, journalists, and other citizens to Tibetans areas of the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to modify the termination date for the Veterans Choice Program, and for other purposes.

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 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 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.