Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit legally married same-sex couples to amend their filing status for returns outside the 3-year limitation

Cosponsored — A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order that establishes an "election integrity" commission, which will be used and is designed to support policies that will suppress the vote in minority and poor communities across the United States.

Cosponsored — Smithsonian American Women's History Museum Act

Cosponsored — Countering Iran's Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to improve cost sharing subsidies.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend tax incentives to permanently extend the special expensing rules for certain film, television, and live theatrical productions, 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 — Stop the Asian Carp Now Act of 2017

Cosponsored — A bill to permit employees to request changes to their work schedules without fear of retaliation and to ensure that employers consider these requests, and to require employers to provide more predictable and stable schedules for employees in certain occupations with evidence of unpredictable and unstable scheduling practices that negatively affect employees, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to strengthen the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit.

Sponsored — A bill to ensure that all fast-tracked reconciliation bills are subject to a committee hearing, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Restore Honor to Service Members Act

Cosponsored — Fort Ontario Study Act

Cosponsored — Great Lakes Aquatic Connectivity and Infrastructure Program Act

Cosponsored — Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and make permanent the exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders.

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