Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to provide standards for facilities at which aliens in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security are detained, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to support educational entities in fully implementing title IX and reducing and preventing sex discrimination in all areas of education.

Cosponsored — A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to establish an Advisory Commission on Serving and Supporting Students with Mental Health Disabilities in Institutions of Higher Education, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — PRIDE Voting Act

Cosponsored — A bill to require the review of durations of use of approved indications of medically-important antibiotics labeled for use in animals.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide for an increase, effective December 1, 2018, in 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.

Cosponsored — A bill to direct the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to make grants to State and local governments and nonprofit organizations for purposes of carrying out shoreline stabilization projects utilizing natural materials that support natural habitats and ecosystem functions, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish a national commission on the Federal response to the 2017 natural disasters in Puerto Rico, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide for certain contracting requirements to promote fair and safe workplaces, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, 1959, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to limit the separation of families at or near ports of entry.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the Department of State a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Peoples, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to require a study and report on matters concerning best practices in morality counts as a result of a major disaster.

Cosponsored — A bill to make available necessary disaster assistance for families affected by major disasters, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to clarify provisions enacted by the Captive Wildlife Safety Act to further the conservation of prohibited wildlife species.

Cosponsored — Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the meaning of the terms "act of war" and "blocked asset", and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require donor disclosure for certain organizations accepting donations from foreign nationals, 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.