Legislation

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 — A bill to require breast density reporting to physicians and patients by facilities that perform mammograms, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015

Cosponsored — A resolution designating the week beginning on February 8, 2015, as “National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week”.

Cosponsored — Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015

Cosponsored — Accelerating Biomedical Research Act

Sponsored — A resolution designating January 2015 as “National Blood Donor Month”.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the Department of State a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBT Peoples.

Cosponsored — After School for America’s Children Act

Cosponsored — Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015

Cosponsored — Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2015

Cosponsored — A bill to authorize the collection of supplemental payments to increase congressional investments in medical research, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to improve early education.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 and the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 to strengthen research in adult education.

Cosponsored — American Cures Act

Cosponsored — Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015

Cosponsored — ACE Kids Act of 2015

Cosponsored — A resolution commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.