Legislation

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

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.

Cosponsored — Retire through Ownership Act

Cosponsored — A bill to require disclosure of the total amount of interest that would be paid over the life of a loan for certain Federal student loans.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to permanently appropriate funding for the administrative expenses of the Social Security Administration, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Yes in God's Backyard Act

Sponsored — A bill to enhance the preservation, maintenance, and management of national historic trails and national scenic trails, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish a program to provide low- and moderate-income first-time, first-generation homebuyers with access to affordable and sustainable wealth-building home loans.