Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to establish minimum hiring, training, and suitability standards for Federal law enforcement officers, to prohibit accelerated or abbreviated basic training and provisional appointments, to provide for enforcement and oversight, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide increased labor law protections for agricultural workers, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide low-income individuals with opportunities to enter and follow a career pathway in the health professions, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to consider the effects of Commission-jurisdictional rates on the affordability of electricity for consumers, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to improve the safety of the air supply on aircraft, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide that no Federal funds may be used to carry out the final rule of the Department of Homeland Security entitled "Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility", and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a Reducing Youth Use of E-Cigarettes Initiative.

Cosponsored — A bill to create a new Federal grant program that provides grants to State libraries to allow schools with summer lunch programs to keep their libraries open for student use during the summer months.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide economic empowerment opportunities in the United States through the modernization of public housing, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to limit bonuses for executives of certain electric utilities, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to ensure the transparency and integrity of casualty accounting and benefits and awards for military and civilian personnel during military operations, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to share veterans' contact information with State veterans agencies to improve outreach, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to restore press access to the Pentagon, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to strike provisions relating to the maximum civil penalties for violations of product safety standards.

Cosponsored — A bill to end preventable maternal mortality, severe maternal morbidity, and maternal health disparities in the United States, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to delegate to the Commandant of the Coast Guard authority to enter into intergovernmental support agreements relating to installation-support services, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require coverage of, and expand access to, home and community-based services under the Medicaid program, to award grants for the creation, recruitment, training and education, retention, and advancement of the direct care workforce and to award grants to support family caregivers, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to adjust the rate employers pay for overtime hours from one and one-half to two times the regular rate.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide increased oversight of certain pardons, to clarify the applicability of bribery prohibitions to pardons and commutations, and for other purposes.