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Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand coverage under the Act, to increase protections for whistleblowers, to increase penalties for high gravity violations, to adjust penalties for inflation, to provide rights for victims of family members, and for other purposes.
Sponsored — A bill to authorize a national grant program for on-the-job training.
Cosponsored — A bill to prevent online threats to economic creativity and theft of intellectual property, and for other purposes.
Cosponsored — A bill to provide local communities with tools to make solar permitting more efficient, and for other purposes.
Cosponsored — A bill to promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy research and development, and for other purposes.
Cosponsored — A bill to authorize Department of Defense support for programs on pro bono legal assistance for members of the Armed Forces.
Cosponsored — A bill to provide a Federal tax exemption for forest conservation bonds, and for other purposes.
Cosponsored — A concurrent resolution honoring the service and sacrifice of members of the United States Armed Forces who are serving in, or have served in, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation New Dawn.
Cosponsored — A resolution calling upon the Government of Turkey to facilitate the reopening of the Ecumenical Patriarchate's Theological School of Halki without condition or further delay.
Cosponsored — A resolution honoring the entrepreneurial spirit of small business concerns in the United States during National Small Business Week, which begins on May 15, 2011.
Cosponsored — A bill to expand sanctions imposed with respect to the Islamic Republic of Iran, North Korea, and Syria, and for other purposes.
Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the national defense through empowerment of the National Guard, enhancement of the functions of the National Guard Bureau, and improvement of Federal-State military coordination in domestic emergency response, and for other purposes.
Cosponsored — A resolution reaffirming the commitment of the United States to a negotiated settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, reaffirming opposition to the inclusion of Hamas in a unity government unless it is willing to accept peace with Israel and renounce violence, and declaring that Palestinian efforts to gain recognition of a state outside direct negotiations demonstrates absence of a good faith commitment to peace negotiations, and will have implications for continued United States aid.
Sponsored — A bill to promote energy savings in residential and commercial buildings and industry, and for other purposes.
Cosponsored — A bill to establish clear regulatory standards for mortgage servicers, and for other purposes.
Cosponsored — A bill to provide grants for the renovation, modernization or construction of law enforcement facilities.
Cosponsored — A bill to reduce the Federal budget deficit by closing big oil tax loopholes, and for other purposes.
Sponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to ongoing violations of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Georgia and the importance of a peaceful and just resolution to the conflict within Georgia's internationally recognized borders.
Sponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to ongoing violations of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Georgia and the importance of a peaceful and just resolution to the conflict within Georgia’s internationally recognized borders.