Legislation

Cosponsored — Global Democracy Promotion Act

Cosponsored — Data Broker Accountability and Transparency Act of 2015

Cosponsored — 21st Century Women’s Health Act of 2015

Cosponsored — Short Line Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2015

Cosponsored — A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of Career and Technical Education Month.

Cosponsored — RECALL Act

Cosponsored — Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Act of 2015

Cosponsored — Campus Accountability and Safety Act

Cosponsored — Detergent PACS Act of 2015

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

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.