Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to provide, manufacture, and distribute high quality N-95 respirator masks for every individual in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic using the Defense Production Act and other means.

Cosponsored — Freedom Riders Congressional Gold Medal Act

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.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide emergency assistance to States, territories, Tribal nations, and local areas affected by substance use disorder, including the use of opioids and stimulants, and to make financial assistance available to States, territories, Tribal nations, local areas, public or private nonprofit entities, and certain health providers, to provide for the development, organization, coordination, and operation of more effective and cost efficient systems for the delivery of essential services to individuals with substance use disorder and their families.

Cosponsored — A bill to promote diversity at the Department of State, to direct the Secretary of State to review the termination characterization of former members of the Department who were fired by reason of their sexual orientation, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act

Cosponsored — A bill to obtain and direct the placement in the Capitol or on the Capitol Grounds of a statue to honor Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Sandra Day O'Connor and a statue to honor Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Cosponsored — A bill to effectively staff the high-need public elementary schools and secondary schools of the United States with school-based mental health services providers.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to modify the definition of franchise fee, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — EDUCATORS for America Act

Cosponsored — A bill to limit cost sharing for prescription drugs, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to provide for automatic renewal protections, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to provide for a special enrollment period for pregnant persons, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Clean Cooking Support Act

Cosponsored — A bill to conduct or support further comprehensive research for the creation of a universal influenza vaccine or preventative.

Cosponsored — A bill to prevent discrimination and harassment in employment.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of Food and Drug Administration-approved contraception, medication related to contraception, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish the Office of Supply Chain Resiliency within the Department of Commerce to provide expansion support to companies and supply chains in the United States that are vulnerable to shortages and price increases, and for other purposes.