Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to improve the Federal charter for the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A resolution relative to the death of James M. Jeffords, former United States Senator for the State of Vermont.

Cosponsored — A resolution designating September 2014 as “National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month”.

Cosponsored — A bill to prevent future propane shortages, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects carried out using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods that are produced in the United States, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — World War I American Veterans Centennial Commemorative Coin Act

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that women members of the Armed Forces and their families have access to the contraception they need in order to promote the health and readiness of all members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women & Children Act

Cosponsored — Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act

Cosponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the current situation in Iraq and the urgent need to protect religious minorities from persecution from the Sunni Islamist insurgent and terrorist group the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), as it expands its control over areas in northwestern Iraq.

Cosponsored — Women’s Small Business Ownership Act of 2014

Cosponsored — A resolution congratulating the members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. for 100 years of service throughout the United States and the world, and commending Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. for exemplifying the ideals of brotherhood, scholarship, and service while upholding the motto “Culture for Service and Service for Humanity”.

Cosponsored — United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014

Cosponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding global climate change.

Cosponsored — Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act of 2014

Cosponsored — Schedules That Work Act

Sponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the number of graduate medical education residency positions at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A resolution congratulating the Gay, Lesbian, and Allies Senate Staff (GLASS) Caucus association on the 10-year anniversary of the association.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of Food and Drug Administration-approved contraception, and for other purposes.