Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to reauthorize the trade adjustment assistance program.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to enhance the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit and make the credit fully refundable for certain taxpayers.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to modify the definition of special Government employee, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a refundable child tax credit with monthly advance payment.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand, and make permanent certain modifications of, the earned income credit.

Cosponsored — A bill to secure the rights of public employees to organize, act concertedly, and bargain collectively, which safeguard the public interest and promote the free and unobstructed flow of commerce, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States and to support programs at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center.

Sponsored — A bill to establish the Office of Security Training and Counterintelligence in the Executive Office of the President, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to authorize the Pines Foundation to establish the Fire Island AIDS Memorial, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for a Savings Opportunity and Affordable Repayment plan as an income contingent repayment plan.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages of the basis of sex, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to protect the national security of the United States by imposing sanctions with respect to certain persons of the People's Republic of China and prohibiting and requiring notifications with respect to certain investments by United States persons in the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for concurrent receipt of veterans' disability compensation and retired pay for disability retirees with combat-related disabilities, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act

Sponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of the life and legacy of Roberto Clemente.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to reauthorize Long Island Sound programs, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XXXIII of the Public Health Service Act with respect to flexibility and funding for the World Trade Center Health Program.

Cosponsored — African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center Study Act