Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the random assignment of certain cases in the district courts of the United States.

Sponsored — A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to prohibit skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities from using pre-dispute arbitration agreements with respect to residents of those facilities under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to professional nonprofit theaters for the purposes of supporting operations, employment, and economic development.

Cosponsored — A bill to require that the regulations related to SAVE Plan shall have the force and effect of enacted law.

Sponsored — A bill to prohibit the sale, lease, or loan of used motor vehicles with open recalls to consumers by auto dealers.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for terms and conditions for nonimmigrant workers performing agricultural labor or services, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to direct the United States Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP Code for Scotland, Connecticut.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish a State public option through Medicaid to provide Americans with the choice of a high-quality, low-cost health insurance plan.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish the Federal Labor-Management Partnership Council, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to increase, effective as of December 1, 2024, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to strengthen enforcement with respect to violations of that Act, 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 provide economic empowerment opportunities in the United States through the modernization of public housing, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish the Expanding Access to Local Foods Program, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish a commission to study the potential transfer of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History to the Smithsonian Institution, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve the child and adult care food program, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Horse Protection Act to designate additional unlawful acts under the Act, strengthen penalties for violations of the Act, improve Department of Agriculture enforcement of the Act, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a grant program to increase capacity for providing abortion services and other sexual and reproductive health care, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to use the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers for purposes of determining cost-of-living adjustments under titles II, VIII, and XVI of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.