Legislation

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...

Sponsored — A bill to require reporting on acts of certain foreign countries on Holocaust era assets and related issues.

Cosponsored — A bill to support educational entities in fully implementing title IX and reducing and preventing sex discrimination in all areas of education.

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

Sponsored — A bill to improve Federal population surveys by requiring the collection of voluntary, self-disclosed information on sexual orientation and gender identity in certain surveys, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act

Cosponsored — Fraud Reduction and Data Analytics Act of 2015

Cosponsored — Veteran PEER Act

Cosponsored — Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2016

Cosponsored — Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2015

Cosponsored — Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act

Sponsored — A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other statutes to clarify appropriate liability standards for Federal antidiscrimination claims.

Cosponsored — Patient Access to Durable Medical Equipment Act of 2016

Cosponsored — A bill to reform our government, reduce the grip of special interest, and return our democracy to the American people through increased transparency and oversight of our elections and government.

Cosponsored — Family First Prevention Services Act of 2016

Sponsored — A bill to establish a commission to ensure a suitable observance of the centennial of the passage and ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution providing for women's...

Sponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to discontinue using Social Security account numbers to identify individuals, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to prevent a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or received an enhanced sentence for a misdemeanor because of hate or bias in its commission, from obtaining a firearm.

Cosponsored — Truth in Settlements Act of 2015