Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide credits for the production of renewable chemicals and investments in renewable chemical production facilities, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Freedom from Equifax Exploitation Act

Cosponsored — A bill to repeal the amendments made to the Controlled Substances Act by the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2016.

Cosponsored — A bill to focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders.

Sponsored — A bill to establish a policy framework that offers and rewards work, strengthens the incentive to work, greatly reduces poverty, and creates new jobs in the United States, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — HELP for Wildlife Act

Cosponsored — Community Health Investment, Modernization, and Excellence Act of 2017

Cosponsored — RAISE Family Caregivers Act

Cosponsored — Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2017

Cosponsored — A bill to reform our government, reduce the grip of special interest, and return our democracy to the American people by increasing transparency and oversight of our elections and government, reforming public financing for Presidential and Congressional elections, and requiring States to conduct Congressional redistricting through independent commissions, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — VA Provider Equity Act

Cosponsored — Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2017

Cosponsored — Strong Families Act of 2017

Cosponsored — A bill to repeal the authority under the National Labor Relations Act for States to enact laws prohibiting agreements requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the accuracy of geographic adjustment factors under the Medicare program and to permanently extend certain adjustments to such factors for certain localities, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Bob Dole Congressional Gold Medal Act

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 and the Head Start Act to promote child care and early learning, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to extend temporarily the Federal Perkins Loan program, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit the use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purposes of making adverse employment decisions.