Legislation

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to return the estate, gift, and generation skipping transfer tax to 2009 levels, 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 amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the system of public financing for Presidential elections, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to establish jobs programs for long-term unemployed workers, and for other purposes.

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 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.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the sites associated with the life and legacy of the noted American philanthropist and business executive Julius Rosenwald, with a special focus on the Rosenwald Schools, 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 prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections.

Sponsored — A bill to provide for a grant program for handgun licensing programs, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to ensure greater accountability by licensed firearms dealers.

Cosponsored — A bill to prohibit the manufacture for sale, offer for sale, distribution in commerce, or importation into the United States of any crib bumper, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of Labor to maintain a publicly available list of all employers that relocate a call center or contract call center work overseas, to make such companies ineligible for Federal grants or guaranteed loans, and to require disclosure of the physical location of business agents engaging in customer service communications, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to establish a minimum salary threshold for bona fide executive, administrative, and professional employees exempt from Federal overtime compensation requirements, and automatically update such threshold every 3 years.

Cosponsored — A bill to ensure that older adults and individuals with disabilities are prepared for disasters, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to implement policies to end preventable maternal, newborn, and child deaths globally.

Cosponsored — A bill to direct the President to develop a plan for the United States to meet its nationally determined contribution under the Paris Agreement, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Jeanette Acosta Invest in Women's Health Act of 2019

Cosponsored — A bill to establish a cost of greenhouse gases for carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide to be used by Federal agencies, and for other purposes.