Legislation

Sponsored — A bill to impose sanctions with respect to the regime of President Nayib Bukele in El Salvador, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide for an emergency increase in Federal funding to State Medicaid programs for expenditures on home and community-based services.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide limited authority to use the Armed Forces to suppress insurrection or rebellion and quell domestic violence.

Cosponsored — A bill to authorize the Department of Housing and Urban Development to transform neighborhoods of extreme poverty into sustainable, mixed-income neighborhoods with access to economic opportunities, by revitalizing severely distressed housing, and investing and leveraging investments in well-functioning services, educational opportunities, public assets, public transportation, and improved access to jobs, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to streamline enrollment in health insurance affordability programs and minimum essential coverage, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide that chapter 1 of title 9 of the United States Code, relating to the enforcement of arbitration agreements, shall not apply to enrollment agreements made between students and certain institutions of higher education, and to prohibit limitations on the ability of students to pursue claims against certain institutions of higher education.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit discrimination in the Armed Forces on the basis of gender identity, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to modify the definition of franchise fee, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to prohibit an employer from terminating the coverage of an employee under a group health plan while the employer is engaged in a lock-out or while the employee is engaged in a lawful strike, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to repeal certain executive orders targeting LGBTQI+ individuals.

Cosponsored — A bill to repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, and provide for the discoverability and admissibility of gun trace information in civil proceedings.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out activities to eliminate hepatitis C virus in the United States.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reinstate the authority of the Secretary of Education to make Federal Direct Stafford Loans to graduate and professional students.

Sponsored — A bill to amend the National Housing Act and the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to include information regarding VA home loans in the Informed Consumer Choice Disclosure required to be provided to prospective FHA borrowers and to require a military service question on the Uniform Residential Loan Application, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to encourage reduction of disposable plastic products in units of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections, to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to streamline the procedures under which individuals may apply to register to vote in such elections through State motor vehicle authorities, to permit automatic voter registration through such authorities for eligible citizens of the United States who do not complete voter registration applications, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Henrietta Lacks, in recognition of her immortal cells which have made invaluable contributions to global health, scientific research, our quality of life, and patients' rights.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand coverage under such Act to public employees.