Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to enhance protections for members of the uniformed services relating to mortgages, mortgage foreclosure, and eviction, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to require certain mortgagees to evaluate loans for modifications, to establish a grant program for State and local government mediation programs, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish a grant program to enhance training and services to prevent abuse in later life.

Cosponsored — A bill to better protect, serve, and advance the rights of victims of elder abuse and exploitation by establishing a program to encourage States and other qualified entities to create jobs designed to hold offenders accountable, enhance the capacity of the justice system to investigate, pursue, and prosecute elder abuse cases, identify existing resources to leverage to the extent possible, and assure data collection, research, and evaluation to promote the efficacy and efficiency of the activities described in this Act.

Cosponsored — A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol.

Cosponsored — A bill to support the establishment or expansion and operation of programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care.

Cosponsored — A resolution relative to the death of James Albertus McClure, former United States Senator for the State of Idaho.

Cosponsored — A bill to ensure that amounts credited to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund are used for harbor maintenance.

Cosponsored — A bill to aid and support pediatric involvement in reading and education.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to provide flexible spending arrangements for members of uniformed services, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into agreements with States and nonprofit organizations to collaborate in the provision of case management services associated with certain supported housing programs for veterans, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to require disclosure to the Securities and Exchange Commission of certain sanctionable activities, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A resolution celebrating Black History Month.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relating to fundamentally undervalued currency of any foreign country.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit certain retired members of the uniformed services who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require the provision of behavioral health services to members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces necessary to meet pre-deployment and post-deployment readiness and fitness standards, and for other purposes.