Legislation

Sponsored — Inviting New Scholars to Participate in Renewing Education Act

Sponsored — Prosecution Drug Treatment Alternative to Prison Act of 2001

Sponsored — Quality Teacher Recruitment Act of 2001

Sponsored — A bill to put teachers first by providing grants for master teacher programs.

Sponsored — Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2001

Sponsored — Voting Study and Improvement Act of 2000

Sponsored — Harriet Tubman Special Resource Study Act

Cosponsored — Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2000

Cosponsored — Medicaid DSH Fairness Act of 2000

Cosponsored — A bill to prohibit the importation of any textile or apparel article that is produced, manufactured, or grown in Burma.

Cosponsored — Peace Through Negotiations Act of 2000

Sponsored — A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, relating to the airport noise and access review program.

Sponsored — A resolution designating October 16, 2000, to October 20, 2000, as “National Teach For America Week”.

Cosponsored — A concurrent resolution establishing a special task force to recommend an appropriate recognition for the slave laborers who worked on the construction of the United States Capitol.

Cosponsored — A resolution designating November 18, 2000, as “National Survivors of Suicide Day”.

Cosponsored — Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 2000

Cosponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement should recognize and admit to full membership Israel’s Magen David Adom Society with its emblem, the Red Shield of David.

Cosponsored — Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Heritage Act of 2000

Cosponsored — A resolution to recognize the importance of relocating and renovating the Hamilton Grange, New York.