Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a special enrollment period for pregnant women, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve and enhance the work opportunity tax credit, to encourage longer-service employment, and to modernize the credit to make it more effective as a hiring incentive for targeted workers, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), and marital status in the administration and provision of child welfare services, to improve safety, well-being, and permanency for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning foster youth, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to repeal certain provisions relating to nutrition.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs furnishes certain non-opioid pain medications to veterans, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to require a background check for every firearm sale.

Cosponsored — A bill to repeal section 213 of division C of the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026.

Sponsored — A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to increase the number of individuals from the District of Columbia who may be appointed to military service academies.

Cosponsored — True Shutdown Fairness Act

Cosponsored — A bill to provide certain Federal employees with the ability to request and receive a period of forbearance on certain mortgage loans during a period during which there is a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish a rental assistance program for low-income veteran families, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to prohibit Executive agencies from carrying out a reduction in force, or any similar effort, during any period during which there is a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Keep Head Start Funded Act of 2025

Cosponsored — A bill to appropriate funds to ensure uninterrupted benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program and the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide Federal student loan borrower relief for Federal employees.

Cosponsored — A bill to appropriate funds for pay and allowances of Federal employees, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to allow for the use of telehealth in substance use disorder treatment, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to appropriate funds for pay and allowances of Federal employees during the lapse in appropriations that began on October 1, 2025, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Federal financial regulators to issue guidance encouraging financial institutions to work with consumers and businesses affected by a Federal Government shutdown, and for other purposes.