Legislation

Cosponsored — Access Technology Affordability Act of 2021

Cosponsored — A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an emergency temporary standard that requires operators to develop and implement a comprehensive infectious disease exposure control plan to protect miners from exposure to SARS-CoV-2, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Fred Korematsu Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021

Cosponsored — Build America's Libraries Act

Cosponsored — A bill to prohibit the application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations with respect to the provision of assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the deduction for advertising and promotional expenses for prescription drugs.

Cosponsored — Reopen and Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2021

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to repeal the authority of the President to assume emergency control of the police of the District of Columbia.

Cosponsored — A bill to extend to the Mayor of the District of Columbia the same authority over the National Guard of the District of Columbia as the Governors of the several States exercise over the National Guard of those States with respect to administration of the National Guard and its use to respond to natural disasters and other civil disturbances, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — EQUAL Act

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

Cosponsored — A bill to establish a career pathway grant program.

Cosponsored — A bill to address the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a commission to study and consider a national apology and proposal for reparations for the institution of slavery, its subsequent de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against African Americans, and the impact of these forces on living African Americans, to make recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Organization of American States Legislative Engagement Act of 2020

Cosponsored — HBCU PARTNERS Act

Cosponsored — TEAM Veteran Caregivers Act

Cosponsored — A bill to authorize a grant program for the development and implementation of housing supply and affordability plans, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, J. Christopher Stevens, and Sean Smith, in recognition of their contributions to the Nation.

Cosponsored — Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion Act