Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to provide an incentive for businesses to bring jobs back to America.

Sponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a joint uniform formulary with respect to systemic pain and psychotropic drugs that are critical for the transition of an individual from receiving health care services furnished by the Secretary of Defense to health care services furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A resolution designating October 8, 2015, as “National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day”.

Cosponsored — America’s College Promise Act of 2015

Cosponsored — A resolution designating the month of June 2015 as “National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month” and June 27, 2015, as “National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day”.

Cosponsored — A bill to direct the Federal Communications Commission to extend to private land use restrictions its rule relating to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications.

Cosponsored — National Multimodal Freight Policy and Investment Act

Cosponsored — Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015

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 resolution recognizing June 20, 2015 as “World Refugee Day”.

Cosponsored — Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2015

Cosponsored — A resolution condemning the attack on Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, and expressing encouragement and prayers for all affected by this evil assault.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend and reauthorize certain provisions relating to Long Island Sound restoration and stewardship.

Sponsored — A bill to better protect, serve, and advance the rights of victims of elder abuse and financial exploitation by encouraging States and other qualified entities to hold offenders accountable, enhance the capacity of the justice system to investigate, pursue, and prosecute elder abuse cases, identify existing resources to leverage to the extent possible, and assure data collection, research, and evaluation to promote the efficacy and efficiency of the activities described in this Act.

Sponsored — A bill to amend certain appropriations Acts to repeal the requirement directing the Administrator of General Services to sell Federal property and assets that support the operations of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center in Plum Island, New York, to provide for a report on the potential transfer of Plum Island, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Delivering Opportunities for Care and Services for Veterans Act of 2015

Sponsored — A bill to improve passenger vessel security and safety, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to count revenues from military and veteran education programs toward the limit on Federal revenues that certain proprietary institutions of higher education are allowed to receive for purposes of section 487 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.