Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to amend chapter 77 of title 5, United States Code, to ensure timely rulings by the Merit Systems Protection Board on appeals by Federal employees and applicants for employment.

Cosponsored — A bill to suspend the enforcement of certain civil liabilities of Federal employees and contractors during a lapse in appropriations, or during a breach of the statutory debt limit, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide back pay to Federal contractors, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to prohibit the use of the Exchange Stabilization Fund of the Department of the Treasury to bail out Argentina's financial markets.

Cosponsored — A bill to allow penalty-free distributions from retirement accounts in the case of certain Federal contractors impacted by Federal Government shutdowns.

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to waive certain penalties for affected Federal employees receiving a distribution from the Thrift Savings Plan during a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend section 303 of the Social Security Act to require States to provide unemployment compensation benefits to Federal employees during a government shutdown, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to impose sanctions with respect to the shadow fleet of the Russian Federation, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to prohibit the use of appropriated funds to eliminate, consolidate, or otherwise restructure any office within the Department of Education that administers or enforces programs serving individuals with disabilities.

Cosponsored — A bill to prevent harassment at institutions of higher education, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to modify treatment activities for assistance to combat HIV/AIDS.

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination based on source of income, veteran status, or military status.

Cosponsored — A bill to nullify certain Executive orders relating to exclusions from Federal labor-management relations programs, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the American History and Civics Education program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require hands-on civic engagement activities for teachers and students and programs that educate students about the history and principles of the Constitution of the United States, including the Bill of Rights.

Cosponsored — A bill to improve voter access to ballot box through automatic voter registration, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Head Start Act to improve the Act.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to provide for same day voter registration.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration.