Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to require the use of advanced leak detection technology for pipelines, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to designate the Bahamas under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide temporary protected status under such section to eligible nationals of the Bahamas.

Cosponsored — Arctic Refuge Protection Act of 2019

Cosponsored — A bill to amend chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, to allow suit against the United States for injuries and deaths of members of the Armed Forces caused by improper medical care, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 and to establish the United States Coral Reef Task Force, and for other purposes.

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

Sponsored — A bill to promote botanical research and botanical sciences capacity, and for other purposes.

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

Sponsored — A bill to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a grant program for the transformation of the electric grid, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the use of Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to pay for preparatory courses for professional licenses and certifications, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to allow United States citizens and legal residents to travel between the United States and Cuba.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the credit for expenditures to provide access to disabled individuals, and for other purposes.

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

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund, to establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration within the Department of the Treasury to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend chapter 2205 of title 36, United States Code, to provide pay equity for amateur athletes and other personnel, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish State and Indian tribe grants for community colleges and grants for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and Minority-Serving Institutions, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to protect children affected by immigration enforcement actions.

Cosponsored — A bill to reform the financing of Senate elections, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to nullify the effect of the recent executive order that requires Federal agencies to share citizenship data.