Legislation

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Natural Gas Act to bolster fairness and transparency in the consideration of interstate natural gas pipeline permits, to provide for greater public input opportunities in the natural gas pipeline permitting process, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of 1992 to reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to allow for periodic automatic reenrollment under qualified automatic contribution arrangements, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to increase transparency regarding the activities, and reduce the malign influence of, the People's Republic of China in the Inter-American Development Bank, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Black Lung Benefits Act to ease the benefits process for survivors of miners whose deaths were due to pneumoconiosis.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to provide for the automatic appointment of judges to the District of Columbia courts without the advice and consent of the Senate, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to permit enrollees to obtain a 365-day supply of contraceptives.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to establish a career pathways grant program.

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for teacher and school leader quality enhancement and to enhance institutional aid.

Cosponsored — A bill to expand Americans' access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, 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.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 and the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 regarding career and technical education, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any violation of Federal law, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit panic defenses based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that all provisions shall apply to legally married same-sex couples in the same manner as other married couples, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to permit legally married same-sex couples to amend their filing status for tax returns outside the statute of limitations.

Cosponsored — A bill to prohibit commercial sexual orientation conversion therapy, and for other purposes.