Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to preserve Indian Tribes' and Native Hawaiian organizations' autonomy of access to spectrum over Tribal lands and expedite immediate deployment of telecommunications services for critical government services, including national emergencies, natural disasters, public health and biohazard threats, safety, education, opportunity to participate in the broadband economy, self-governance, access to Federal, State, and Tribal voting and elections, and the Federal census count, for the protection of life and property in furtherance of the Federal trust responsibility, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide supplemental appropriations to the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Community Services Block Grant Act to clarify that the maximum allotment provision does not apply to supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2020.

Cosponsored — A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop an action plan, make targeted grants, and develop public awareness campaigns with respect to COVID-19 and the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on racial and ethnic minorities and other vulnerable populations.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide that the rules entitled "Religious Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act" and "Moral Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act" shall have no force or effect, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish a grant program to provide funds for health care entities to establish or improve bias and anti-racism training to help reduce racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 testing, treatment, health outcomes, and vaccine access.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide funding for States to improve their unemployment compensation programs, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to limit the use of Federal law enforcement officers for crowd control, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Flexible Financing for Rural America Act of 2020

Cosponsored — A bill to reform pattern or practice investigations conducted by the Department of Justice, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services Act

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require organizations that spend more than $50,000 on Federal judicial nomination communications to file statements disclosing donors and certain other information with the Federal Election Commission.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish a Library Stabilization Fund to respond to and accelerate the recovery from coronavirus.

Cosponsored — A bill to refinance Federal and private student loans, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish the Commission on the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make adjustments to payment rates for skilled nursing facilities under the Medicare program to account for certain unique circumstances.

Cosponsored — American Workforce Rescue Act of 2020

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to remove the limitation on reimbursement for emergency treatment of amounts owed to a third party for which the veteran is responsible under a health-plan contract.