Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to establish clear regulatory standards for mortgage servicers, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of rehabilitative services for veterans with traumatic brain injury, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to reduce the Federal budget deficit by closing big oil tax loopholes, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the National Oilheat Research Alliance Act of 2000 to reauthorize and improve that Act, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and increase the exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe regulations regarding the collection and use of personal information obtained by tracking the online activity of an individual, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for the purchase of hearing aids.

Cosponsored — A resolution recognizing and supporting National Train Day on May 7, 2011.

Cosponsored — A bill to improve the safety of motorcoaches, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A resolution honoring the members of the military and intelligence community who carried out the mission that killed Osama bin Laden, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the per-fiscal year calculation of days of certain active duty or active service used to reduce the minimum age at which a member of a reserve component of the uniformed services may retire for non-regular service.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to ensure that risks from chemicals are adequately understood and managed, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A resolution honoring and supporting women in North Africa and the Middle East whose bravery, compassion, and commitment to putting the wellbeing of others before their own have proven that courage can be contagious.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services under Medicare.

Cosponsored — A resolution calling on the United Nations to rescind the Goldstone report, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to aid gifted and talented learners, including high-ability learners not formally identified as gifted.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate discrimination in the immigration laws by permitting permanent partners of United States citizens and lawful permanent residents to obtain lawful permanent resident status in the same manner as spouses of citizens and lawful permanent residents and to penalize immigration fraud in connection with permanent partnerships.

Cosponsored — A bill to increase criminal penalties for certain knowing and intentional violations relating to food that is misbranded or adulterated.