Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a refundable adoption tax credit.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to modify the termination date for the Veterans Choice Program, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to prohibit any reduction in the amount of the per diem allowance to which members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps or civilian employees of the Department of Defense are entitled based on the duration of temporary duty assignments or official travel, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to treat certain municipal obligations as level 2B liquid assets, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — ABLE to Work Act of 2017

Cosponsored — A bill to provide protections for certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide compensatory time for employees in the private sector.

Cosponsored — Local Coverage Determination Clarification Act of 2017

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish an H-2B temporary non-agricultural work visa program, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend titles 10 and 32, United States Code, to improve and enhance authorities relating to the employment, use, status, and benefits of military technicians (dual status), and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Israel Anti-Boycott Act

Cosponsored — Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

Sponsored — A bill to amend title 44, United States Code, to require the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to review regulations, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — English Language Unity Act of 2017

Cosponsored — A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to support meeting the increasing needs of the United States for a cybersecurity and information assurance workforce by reinvigorating and modifying the Information Assurance Scholarship Program of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2017

Cosponsored — Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act of 2017

Cosponsored — A bill to preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.