Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the list of diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents for which there is a presumption of service connection for veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam to include hypertension, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify authorities relating to the collective bargaining of employees in the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to facilitate the expedited review of COVID-19 hate crimes, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide for grants for States that require fair and impartial police training for law enforcement officers of that State and to incentivize States to enact laws requiring the independent investigation and prosecution of the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to provide grants for energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy improvements at public school facilities, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to report data on COVID-19 immigration detention facilities and local correctional facilities that contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish a vaccine for COVID-19 to certain individuals who are not enrolled in the patient enrollment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Cosponsored — A bill to support public health infrastructure.

Cosponsored — A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the female telephone operators of the Army Signal Corps, known as the "Hello Girls".

Sponsored — A bill to amend chapter 11 of title 35, United States Code, to require the voluntary collection of demographic information for patent inventors, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax credits for energy storage technologies, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the enrollment fee requirement for TRICARE Select for members of the Armed Forces who retired before January 1, 2018.

Cosponsored — A bill to forestall the loss of research talent by establishing a temporary early career research fellowship program.

Cosponsored — A bill to eliminate racial, religious, and other discriminatory profiling by law enforcement, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to deposit certain funds into the Crime Victims Fund, to waive matching requirements, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to prohibit firearms dealers from selling a firearm prior to the completion of a background check.

Cosponsored — A bill to prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any violation of Federal law, and for other purposes.