Sponsored and Co-sponsored Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the list of diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents for which there is a presumption of service connection for veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam to include hypertension, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to improve United States consideration of, and strategic support for, programs to prevent and respond to gender-based violence from the onset of humanitarian emergencies and to build the capacity of humanitarian actors to address the immediate and long-term challenges resulting from such violence, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of the Bicentennial of Harriet Tubman's birth.

Cosponsored — A bill to make a technical correction to the ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019.

Cosponsored — A bill to help charitable nonprofit organizations provide services to meet the increasing demand in community needs caused by the coronavirus pandemic, preserve and create jobs in the nonprofit sector, reduce unemployment, and promote economic recovery.

Cosponsored — A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish a vaccine for COVID-19 to certain individuals who are not enrolled in the patient enrollment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Sponsored — A bill to provide for the reporting to State and local law enforcement authorities of cases in which the national instant criminal background check system indicates that a firearm has been sought to be acquired by a prohibited person, so that authorities may pursue criminal charges under State law, and to ensure that the Department of Justice reports to Congress on prosecutions secured against prohibited persons who attempt to acquire a firearm.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and extend the deduction for charitable contributions for individuals not itemizing deductions.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend chapter 11 of title 35, United States Code, to require the voluntary collection of demographic information for patent inventors, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to forestall the loss of research talent by establishing a temporary early career research fellowship program.

Cosponsored — A bill to prohibit firearms dealers from selling a firearm prior to the completion of a background check.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to combat forced organ harvesting and trafficking in persons for purposes of the removal of organs, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation-exposed veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any violation of Federal law, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide relief for multiemployer and single employer pension plans, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to require a background check for every firearm sale.