Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to specify lynching as a deprivation of civil rights, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to, and utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under part B of the Medicare program by establishing a minimum payment amount under such part for bone mass measurement.

Cosponsored — CyberTipline Modernization Act of 2018

Cosponsored — A bill to secure the rights of public employees to organize, act concertedly, and bargain collectively, which safeguard the public interest and promote the free and unobstructed flow of commerce, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Shell Company Abuse Act

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide increased labor law protections for agricultural workers, 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 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 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.