Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding proprietary institutions of higher education in order to protect students and taxpayers.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to authorize mandatory funding for the Healthy Food Financing Initiative.

Cosponsored — A bill to direct the Federal Communications Commission to take certain actions to increase diversity of ownership in the broadcasting industry, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the Transition Assistance Program and Solid Start Program to address mental health issues, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide increased locality pay rates to certain Bureau of Prisons employees whose duty stations are located in the pay locality designated as "Rest of U.S.", and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide for an emergency increase in Federal funding to State Medicaid programs for expenditures on home and community-based services.

Sponsored — A bill to provide limited authority to use the Armed Forces to suppress insurrection or rebellion and quell domestic violence.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish a State public option through Medicaid to provide Americans with the choice of a high-quality, low-cost health insurance plan.

Sponsored — A bill to require the Interagency Working Group on Toxic Exposure to conduct research on the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions of descendants of individuals exposed to toxic substances while serving as members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of dental and oral health services, vision services, and hearing services under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

Sponsored — A bill to provide Medicaid assistance to individuals and families affected by a disaster or emergency, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to promote affordable access to evidence-based opioid treatments under the Medicare program and require coverage of medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorders, opioid overdose reversal medications, and recovery support services by health plans without cost-sharing requirements.

Cosponsored — A bill to protect the privacy of personal reproductive or sexual health information, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide for the establishment of Medicare part E public health plans, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish statutory rights to choose to receive, provide, and cover fertility treatments, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide that chapter 1 of title 9 of the United States Code, relating to the enforcement of arbitration agreements, shall not apply to enrollment agreements made between students and certain institutions of higher education, and to prohibit limitations on the ability of students to pursue claims against certain institutions of higher education.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide lasting protection for inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System.

Cosponsored — A bill to reauthorize the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the efficiency of adjudications and appeals of claims for benefits under laws administered by Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.