Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish mental and behavioral health care to certain individuals discharged or released from the active military, naval, or air service under conditions other than honorable, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — National Aeronautics and Space Administration Transition Authorization Act of 2017

Cosponsored — A bill to allow Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.

Cosponsored — A bill to nullify the effect of the March 6, 2017 executive order that temporarily restricts most nationals from six countries from entering the United States.

Cosponsored — Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act

Cosponsored — Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act

Cosponsored — Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2017

Sponsored — A bill to establish the National Criminal Justice Commission.

Cosponsored — A bill to reduce temporarily the royalty required to be paid for sodium produced on Federal lands, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to clarify research and development for wood products, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to block implementation of the Executive Order that restricts individuals from certain countries from entering the United States.

Cosponsored — A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to provide access to magnetic EEG/EKG-guided resonance therapy to veterans.

Cosponsored — Animal Welfare Accountability and Transparency Act

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Defense to use only human-based methods for training members of the Armed Forces in the treatment of severe combat injuries, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to protect a woman's right and ability to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy by limiting restrictions on the provision of abortion services.

Cosponsored — Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017

Cosponsored — PHIT Act of 2017

Cosponsored — Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2017

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify presumptions relating to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes.