Legislation

Cosponsored — Trade Adjustment Assistance Act of 2015

Cosponsored — HERO Act of 2015

Sponsored — Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Act of 2015

Cosponsored — A resolution designating Friday, February 13, 2015, as “$2.13 Day”.

Cosponsored — A resolution commending Kathleen Alvarez Tritak on her service to the United States Senate.

Cosponsored — A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or in the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that children trafficked for sex in the United States should not be treated or regarded as child prostitutes because there is no such thing as a “child prostitute”, only children who are victims or survivors of rape and sex trafficking.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish the Promise Neighborhoods program.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that genetically engineered food and foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients to be labeled accordingly.

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 provide for coordination between the TRICARE program and eligibility for making contributions to a health savings account, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax rate parity among all tobacco products, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to reduce recidivism and increase public safety, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2015

Cosponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the January 24, 2015, attacks carried out by Russian-backed rebels on the civilian propulation in Mariupol, Ukraine, and the provision of lethal and non-lethal military assitance to Ukraine.

Cosponsored — A bill to prohibit the marketing of electronic cigarettes to children, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 and title 38, United States Code, to require the provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and to expand access to such care and services, and for other purposes.