Legislation

Sponsored — American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2013

Cosponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding efforts by the United States to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a negotiated two-state solution.

Sponsored — A concurrent resolution encouraging peace and reunification on the Korean Peninsula.

Cosponsored — A resolution designating July 26, 2013, as “United States Intelligence Professionals Dayâ€?.

Cosponsored — Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act

Cosponsored — INFORM Act

Cosponsored — Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods, and Glen Doherty Embassy Security and Personnel Protection Act of 2013

Cosponsored — Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education Act

Cosponsored — Combating Prescription Drug Abuse Act

Cosponsored — A bill to rename the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking of the Department of State the Bureau to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and to provide for an Assistant Secretary to head such Bureau, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Respect for Marriage Act

Cosponsored — A resolution relative to the death of the Honorable William Dodd Hathaway, former United States Senator for the State of Maine.

Cosponsored — A resolution observing Juneteenth Independence Day, June 19, 1865, the day on which slavery finally came to an end in the United States.

Cosponsored — A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment, known as the Borinqueneers.

Cosponsored — National Park Service 100th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act

Cosponsored — Ruth Moore Act of 2013

Cosponsored — Congressional Tribute to Constance Baker Motley Act of 2013

Cosponsored — Student Loan Affordability Act

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the authorities and responsibilities of convening authorities in taking actions on the findings and sentences of courts-martial.