Legislation sponsored:

  • S. 1904 – A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from implementing, administering, or enforcing a proposed rule relating to verification of eligible status. 
  • S. 1908 – A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve the efficiency of summer meals. 
  • S. 1909 – A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to ensure that Federal-aid highways and bridges are more resilient, and for other purposes. 
  • S. 1912 – A bill to establish a national, research-based, and comprehensive home study assessment process for the evaluation of prospective foster parents and adoptive parents and provide funding to States and Indian tribes to adopt such process. 
  • S. 1913 – A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a bollard installation grant program, and for other purposes. S. 1789 – A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to reform procedures for determinations on disposition of charges and the convening of courts-martial for certain offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and for other purposes. 
  • S. 1791 – A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), and marital status in the administration and provision of child welfare services, to improve safety, well-being, and permanency for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning foster youth, and for other purposes.

Legislation cosponsored:

  • S. 1894 – A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to use alternatives to detention for certain vulnerable immigrant populations, and for other purposes. 
  • S.Res. 253 – A resolution designating June 19, 2019, as “Juneteenth Independence Day” in recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which news of the end of slavery reached the slaves in the Southwestern States.
  • S. 1243 – Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act of 2019 
  • S. 2000 – A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove an institutional bias by making permanent the protection for recipients of home and community-based services against spousal impoverishment. 
  • S. 2008 – A bill to prohibit, as an unfair or deceptive act or practice, commercial sexual orientation conversion therapy, and for other purposes. 
  • S. 2027 – A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the scope of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans, and for other purposes. 
  • S. 2038 – A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property, and for other purposes. 
  • S. 2039 – A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the issuance of exempt facility bonds for zero-emission vehicle infrastructure. 
  • S. 2040 – A bill to establish a working group on electric vehicles, and for other purposes. 
  • S. 2041 – A bill to establish the Green Spaces, Green Vehicles Initiative to facilitate the installation of zero-emissions vehicle infrastructure on National Forest System land, National Park System land, and certain related land, and for other purposes. 
  • S. 2042 – A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor. 
  • S. 2043 – A bill to provide incentives for hate crime reporting, provide grants for State-run hate crime hotlines, and establish alternative sentencing for individuals convicted under the Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. 
  • S.Res. 270 – A resolution recognizing the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall uprising.
  • S. 1991 – A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to review the discharge characterization of former members of the Armed Forces who were discharged by reason of the sexual orientation of the member, and for other purposes. 
  • S. 1995 – A bill to establish the Food Safety Administration to protect the public health by preventing foodborne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on contaminants leading to foodborne illness and the chronic health outcomes associated with foodborne illnesses, improving the surveillance of foodborne pathogens (including foodborne pathogens identified as antibiotic resistant), and improving security of food from intentional contamination, and for other purposes.
  • S. 1081 – Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding Act 
  • S. 1630 – Shareholder Protection Act of 2019 
  • S. 1964 – A bill to support educational entities in fully implementing title IX and reducing and preventing sex discrimination in all areas of education, and for other purposes. 
  • S. 1970 – 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.
  • S. 1247 – Duty To Report Act 
  • S.Res. 262 – A resolution affirming the importance of title IX, applauding the increase in educational opportunities available to all people, regardless of sex or gender, and recognizing the tremendous amount of work left to be done to further increase those opportunities.
  • S. 27 – American Miners Act of 2019 
  • S. 1929 – A bill to prohibit the Department of Housing and Urban Development from limiting the eligibility of DACA recipients for certain assistance, and for other purposes. 
  • S. 1936 – A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect coverage for screening mammography, and for other purposes. 
  • S. 1938 – A bill to provide for grants for States that require fair and impartial police training for law enforcement officers of that State and to incentivize States to enact laws requiring the independent investigation and prosecution of the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers, and for other purposes. 
  • S. 1940 – A bill to permit legally married same-sex couples to amend their filing status for tax returns outside the statute of limitations. 
  • S.Res. 254 – A resolution commemorating June 20, 2019, as “World Refugee Day”.
  • S. 1764 – Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2019 
  • S. 1826 – DO NOT Call Act 
  • S. 1834 – A bill to prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections.
  • S. 239 – Christa McAuliffe Commemorative Coin Act of 2019 
  • S. 332 – Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act of 2019 
  • S. 696 – National Nurse Act of 2019 
  • S. 1823 – A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit employment of children in tobacco-related agriculture by deeming such employment as oppressive child labor.
  • S. 826 – Safe Skies Act of 2019 
  • S. 1773 – A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to make improvements to the treatment of the United States territories under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and for other purposes. 
  • S. 1786 – A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to establish a minimum salary threshold for bona fide executive, administrative, and professional employees exempt from Federal overtime compensation requirements, and automatically update such threshold every 3 years.
  • S. 1572 – Ravi Thackurdeen Safe Students Study Abroad Act 
  • S. 1575 – American Students Abroad Act 
  • S. 1733 – A bill to limit the separation of children from their parents or legal guardians, to limit the detention of families and children, to provide unaccompanied alien children with access to counsel, to increase the number of immigration judges and support staff, and for other purposes. 
  • S. 1754 – A bill to provide Medicaid assistance to individuals and families affected by a disaster or emergency, and for other purposes. 
  • S. 1755 – A bill to ensure that older adults and individuals with disabilities are prepared for disasters, and for other purposes. 
  • S.Res. 241 – A resolution designating May 2019 as “Older Americans Month”.
  • S. 420 – Marijuana Revenue and Regulation Act 
  • S. 1007 – Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2019 
  • S. 1726 – A bill to ensure high-income earners pay a fair share of Federal taxes. 
  • S. 1731 – A bill to amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to require the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to maintain a list of certain foreign issuers, and for other purposes. 
  • S. 1735 – A bill to provide women with increased access to preventive and life-saving cancer screening. 
  • S. 1743 – A bill to direct the President to develop a plan for the United States to meet its nationally determined contribution under the Paris Agreement, and for other purposes. 
  • S. 1745 – A bill to establish a cost of greenhouse gases for carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide to be used by Federal agencies, and for other purposes. 
  • S. 1747 – A bill to require that any trade agreement eligible for expedited consideration by Congress include enforceable standards requiring paying adequate wages and maintaining sustainable production methods, and for other purposes.
  • S. 91 – Creating a Reliable Environment for Veterans’ Dependents Act of 2019 
  • S. 203 – BRACE Act of 2019 
  • S. 512 – Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2019 
  • S. 1401 – ESP Family Leave Act 
  • S.Res. 184 – A resolution condemning the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka, offering sincere condolences to the victims, to their families and friends, and to the people and nation of Sri Lanka, and expressing solidarity and support for Sri Lanka.
  • S.Res. 99 – A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress should take all appropriate measures to ensure that the United States Postal Service remains an independent establishment of the Federal Government and is not subject to privatization. 
  • S.Res. 198 – A resolution condemning Brunei’s dramatic human rights backsliding.
  • S. 636 – Venezuela Temporary Protected Status Act of 2019 
  • S. 872 – Harriet Tubman Tribute Act of 2019