Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to provide for additional quality control of drugs.

Cosponsored — A bill to prohibit the application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations with respect to the provision of assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

Cosponsored — A resolution honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Charles H. Percy, former Senator for the State of Illinois.

Cosponsored — A resolution relative to the death of the Honorable Malcolm Wallop, former Senator for the State of Wyoming.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to apply payroll taxes to remuneration and earnings from self-employment up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of $250,000.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide Taiwan with critically needed United States-built multirole fighter aircraft to strengthen its self-defense capability against the increasing military threat from China.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Securities Act of 1933 to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to exempt a certain class of securities from such Act.

Cosponsored — A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to accept from the Board of Directors of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center Foundation, Inc., the donation of title to The National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to authorize the award of a Congressional gold medal to the Montford Point Marines of World War II.

Cosponsored — A bill to encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout the United States in order to disseminate information when a law enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty.

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to require the joint select committee of Congress to report findings and propose legislation to restore the Nation's workforce to full employment over the period of fiscal years 2012 and 2013.

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to require the joint select committee of Congress to report findings and propose legislation to restore the Nation's workforce to full employment over the period of fiscal years 2012 and 2013.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the program of payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide for the creation of jobs.

Cosponsored — A bill to reauthorize the Combating Autism Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-416).

Sponsored — A bill to establish a joint select committee of Congress to report findings and propose legislation to restore the Nation's workforce to full employment over the period of fiscal years 2012 and 2013, and to provide for expedited consideration of such legislation by both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Cosponsored — A bill to authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Elouise Pepion Cobell, in recognition of her outstanding and enduring contributions to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and the Nation through her tireless pursuit of justice.

Cosponsored — A resolution relative to the death of the Honorable Mark O. Hatfield, former United States Senator for the State of Oregon.

Sponsored — A bill to prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of an individual's status or history of unemployment.