Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to increase the number of States that may conduct Medicaid demonstration programs to improve access to community mental health services.

Cosponsored — A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the new markets tax credit, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to protect the voting rights of Native American and Alaska Native voters.

Sponsored — A bill to prohibit the use of funds to Federal agencies to establish a panel, task force, advisory committee, or other effort to challenge the scientific consensus on climate change, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol.

Cosponsored — A bill to improve highway-rail grade crossing safety, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the child tax credit fully refundable, establish an increased child tax credit for young children, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to restore the Federal Communications Commission's Open Internet Order and its net neutrality protections.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, Liability Act of 1980, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union.

Cosponsored — A bill to promote the economic security and safety of survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five month waiting period for disability insurance benefits under such title for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 and the Head Start Act to promote child care and early learning, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to extend authorization for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 through fiscal year 2090, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend certain appropriations Acts to repeal the requirement directing the Administrator of General Services to sell Federal property and assets that support the operations of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center in Plum Island, New York.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that all provisions shall apply to legally married same-sex couples in the same manner as other married couples, and for other purposes.