Legislation

Sponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the temporary increase in number of judges presiding over the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and for other...

Cosponsored — Middle East Refugee Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2016

Sponsored — Veterans Justice Outreach Act of 2015

Sponsored — Preserving American Access to Information Act

Cosponsored — Women's Pension Protection Act of 2015

Cosponsored — JOLT Act of 2015

Cosponsored — American Energy Innovation Act

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to extend the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to revoke bonuses paid to employees involved in electronic wait list manipulations, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the Syrian refugee crisis.

Cosponsored — A bill to require a regional strategy to address the threat posed by Boko Haram.

Cosponsored — A resolution expressing support for the continuation of the Federal Perkins Loan program.

Cosponsored — American Worker Health Care Tax Relief Act of 2015

Cosponsored — A resolution designating the week of September 19 through September 26, 2015, as “National Estuaries Week”.

Cosponsored — EUREKA Act

Cosponsored — A resolution to support the empowerment of women and urge countries to #FreeThe20.

Cosponsored — A resolution congratulating Captain Kristen Griest and First Lieutenant Shaye Haver on their graduation from Ranger School.

Cosponsored — A resolution honoring the bravery and heroism of those who selflessly prevented a deadly terrorist attack and saved countless lives while aboard a passenger train bound from Amsterdam to Paris on August 21, 2015.

Cosponsored — Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2015