Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that working families have access to affordable health insurance coverage.

Cosponsored — A bill to direct the Attorney General to make grants to States that have in place laws that terminate the parental rights of men who father children through rape.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student loans, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2014

Cosponsored — A bill to improve the access of veterans to medical services from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act

Cosponsored — Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2014

Cosponsored — Supporting College Success Through Dual Enrollment Act

Cosponsored — Hmong Veterans’ Service Recognition Act

Cosponsored — A resolution relative to the death of Harlan Mathews, former United States Senator for the State of Tennessee.

Cosponsored — International Violence Against Women Act of 2014

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the method by which the Social Security Administration determines the validity of marriages under title II of the Social Security Act.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student loans, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to clarify the status of the North Country, Ice Age, and New England National Scenic Trails as units of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Peace Corps Equity Act of 2014

Cosponsored — Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014

Cosponsored — A bill to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend increased expensing limitations and the treatment of certain real property as section 179 property.

Cosponsored — Paycheck Fairness Act

Cosponsored — A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 123 South 9th Street in De Pere, Wisconsin, as the “Corporal Justin D. Ross Post Office Building”.