Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to help Federal prosecutors and investigators combat public corruption by strengthening and clarifying the law.

Cosponsored — A resolution condemning the horrific attacks on government buildings in Oslo, Norway, and a youth camp on Utoya Island, Norway, on July 22, 2011, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of Food and Drug Administration-approved contraception, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding coming together as a Nation and ceasing all work or other activity for a moment of remembrance beginning at 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time on September 11, 2011, in honor of the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks committed against the United States on September 11, 2001.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part.

Cosponsored — A bill to prohibit trafficking in counterfeit military goods or services.

Cosponsored — A bill to reauthorize the Second Chance Act of 2007.

Sponsored — A bill to provide for the expansion of Federal efforts concerning the prevention, education, treatment, and research activities related to Lyme and other tick-borne disease, including the establishment of a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee.

Cosponsored — A bill to direct the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require shareholder authorization before a public company may make certain political expenditures, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish Coltsville National Historical Park in the State of Connecticut, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that any agreement to reduce the budget deficit should not include cuts to Social Security benefits or Medicare benefits.

Cosponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding coming together as a Nation and ceasing all work or other activity for a moment of remembrance beginning at 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time on September 11, 2011, in honor of the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks committed against the United States on September 11, 2001.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide for the treatment and temporary financing of short-time compensation programs.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit the importation, exportation, transportation, and sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce, of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend public safety officers' death benefits to fire police officers.

Cosponsored — A bill to improve the safety of dietary supplements by amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require manufacturers of dietary supplements to register dietary supplement products with the Food and Drug Administration and to amend labeling requirements with respect to dietary supplements.

Cosponsored — A bill to enhance pre- and post-adoptive support services.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to child pornography and child exploitation offenses.