Legislation

Cosponsored — President John F. Kennedy Commemorative Coin Act

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for mental health services from the Department of Veterans Affairs to include members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

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 — Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017

Cosponsored — Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2017

Cosponsored — Better Workforce for Veterans Act of 2017

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include biomass heating appliances for tax credits available for energy-efficient building property and energy property.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish in the Smithsonian Institution a comprehensive American women's history museum, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act

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

Cosponsored — Patsy T. Mink Gender Equity in Education Act of 2017

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 amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for a percentage of student loan forgiveness for public service employment, and for other purposes.

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

Cosponsored — Educational Development for Troops and Veterans Act of 2017

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish an excise tax on certain prescription drugs which have been subject to a price spike, 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.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish an Individual Market Reinsurance fund to provide funding for State individual market stabilization reinsurance programs.