Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to reduce the deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers.

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 — A bill to require the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to take certain actions to reduce excessive speculation in energy markets.

Cosponsored — A bill to eliminate unnecessary tax subsidies and promote renewable energy and energy conservation.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Food and Drug Administration to include devices in the postmarket risk identification and analysis system, to expedite the implementation of the unique device identification system for medical devices, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to prohibit theft of medical products, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to modify the definition of supervisor.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize various programs under the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act.

Cosponsored — A bill to prevent trafficking in counterfeit drugs.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide for the redevelopment of abandoned and foreclosed-upon properties and for the stabilization of affected neighborhoods, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A resolution calling for free and fair elections in Iran, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to issue prospective guidance clarifying the employment status of individuals for purposes of employment taxes and to prevent retroactive assessments with respect to such clarifications.

Cosponsored — A bill to enhance security, increase accountability, and improve the contracting of the Federal Government for overseas contingency operations, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for certain requirements relating to the retirement, adoption, care, and recognition of military working dogs, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A resolution to express the sense of the Senate regarding the importance of preventing the Government of Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons capability.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize space-available travel on military aircraft for members of the reserve components, a member or former member of a reserve component who is eligible for retired pay but for age, widows and widowers of retired members, and dependents.

Cosponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that children should have a safe, loving, nurturing, and permanent family and that it is the policy of the United States that family reunification, kinship care, or domestic and intercountry adoption promotes permanency and stability to a greater degree than long-term institutionalization and long-term, continually disrupted foster care.

Cosponsored — A bill to protect girls in developing countries through the prevention of child marriage, and for other purposes.

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