Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to update and clarify its rule on substances generally recognized as safe and to establish within the Food and Drug Administration the Office of Food Chemical Safety, Dietary Supplements, and Innovation, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to improve purchasing of food by the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to issue guidance and recommendations for institutions of higher education on removing criminal and juvenile justice questions from their application for admissions process.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to establish an Office of Prison Education, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to prohibit the sale of food that is, or contains, unsafe poppy seeds.

Cosponsored — A bill to authorize the seizure and forfeiture of assets of Russian kleptocrats, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to exempt for an additional 4-year period, from the application of the means-test presumption of abuse under chapter 7, qualifying members of reserve components of the Armed Forces and members of the National Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 90 days.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish the Office of the Ombudsperson for Immigrant Children in Immigration Custody, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish the Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy, to authorize the admission of climate-displaced persons into the United States, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — 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 the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act with respect to reimbursements under the child and adult care food program, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide for the creation of a Congressional time capsule in commemoration of the semiquincentennial of the United States, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — HOPE Act

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to remove the overtime wages exemption for certain employees, and for other purposes.

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

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to divert certain parents of minor children, expectant parents, and other caregivers from incarceration and into comprehensive programs providing resources, services, and training to those individuals and their families.

Cosponsored — I–VETS Act

Cosponsored — Veterans Visa and Protection Act of 2023

Cosponsored — A bill to establish a new nonimmigrant category for alien relatives of United States citizens and lawful permanent residents seeking to enter the United States temporarily for family purposes, and for other purposes.