Legislation

Cosponsored — Never Again Education Act

Cosponsored — Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the scope of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide incentives for hate crime reporting, provide grants for State-run hate crime hotlines, and establish alternative sentencing for individuals convicted under the Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.

Cosponsored — Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2019

Cosponsored — Willie O’Ree Congressional Gold Medal Act

Cosponsored — A bill to improve the programs for veterans of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2019

Cosponsored — A bill to regulate firearm silencers and firearm mufflers.

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 amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that working families have access to affordable health insurance coverage.

Cosponsored — Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2019

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for additional requirements with respect to the navigator program, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to require group health plans and group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for over-the-counter contraceptives.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the distribution of 3D printer plans for the printing of firearms, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide Federal Pell Grants to Iraq and Afghanistan veteran's dependents.

Sponsored — Saving Lives Through Better Data Act

Sponsored — Jobs and Childcare for Military Families Act of 2019

Cosponsored — A bill to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal years 2020 through 2022 to provide assistance to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras through bilateral compacts to increase protection of women and children in their homes and communities and reduce female homicides, domestic violence, and sexual assault.