Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance the national strategy for combating and eliminating tuberculosis, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to modify the final rule relating to flightcrew member duty and rest requirements for passenger operations of air carriers to apply to all-cargo operations of air carriers, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to allow Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the processing of veterans benefits by the Department of Veterans Affairs, to limit the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to recover overpayments made by the Department and other amounts owed by veterans to the United States, to improve the due process accorded veterans with respect to such recovery, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to strengthen programs authorized under the Debbie Smith Act of 2004.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil-, gas-, and methane hydrate-related seismic activities in the North Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Straits of Florida planning areas of the outer Continental Shelf, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to improve mental health care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the proper tax treatment of personal service income earned in pass-thru entities.

Cosponsored — A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the America COMPETES Act to require certain agencies to develop scientific integrity policies, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to give Americans the option to delete personal information collected by internet operators as a result of the person's internet activity prior to age 13.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for clarification regarding the children to whom entitlement to educational assistance may be transferred under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student loans, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a penalty for assault against journalists, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to ensure affordable abortion coverage and care for every woman, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services under Medicare.

Cosponsored — A bill to prohibit the use of funds to Federal agencies to establish a panel, task force, advisory committee, or other effort to challenge the scientific consensus on climate change, and for other purposes.