Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide continued funding for services under the Older Americans Act of 1965, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish grant programs for maternal mental health equity and to grow and diversify the maternal mental and behavioral health care workforce.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reinstate advance refunding bonds.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase Federal support to State Medicaid programs during economic downturns, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to designate Juneteenth National Independence Day as a legal public holiday.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish and support public awareness campaigns to address COVID-19-related health disparities and promote vaccination.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide health care and benefits to veterans who were exposed to toxic substances while serving as members of the Armed Forces at Karshi Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the Department of State a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI Peoples, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide redress to the employees of Air America.

Cosponsored — A bill to improve Federal efforts with respect to the prevention of maternal mortality, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make permanent certain telehealth flexibilities under the Medicare program related to the COVID-19 public health emergency.

Cosponsored — A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish a public health plan.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for concurrent receipt of veterans' disability compensation and retirement pay for disability retirees with fewer than 20 years of service and a combat-related disability, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to improve the collection and review of maternal health data to address maternal mortality, serve maternal morbidity, and other adverse maternal health outcomes.