Legislation

Cosponsored — Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2000

Sponsored — A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the ongoing persecution of 13 members of Iran’s Jewish community.

Cosponsored — Governors Island Preservation Act of 2000

Cosponsored — A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1818 Milton Avenue in Janesville, Wisconsin, as the “Les Aspin Post Office Building”.

Cosponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the carrying of firearms into places of worship or educational and scholastic settings should be prohibited.

Cosponsored — A resolution encouraging all residents of the United States to complete their census forms to ensure the most accurate enumeration of the population possible.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to make changes in the Weatherization Assistance Program for Low-Income Persons.

Sponsored — A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the ongoing prosecution of 13 members of Iran’s Jewish community.

Cosponsored — A resolution recognizing the 20th century as the “Century of Women in the United States”.

Cosponsored — A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress concerning support for the Sixth Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference.

Cosponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations should hold hearings and the Senate should act on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

Cosponsored — Predatory Lending Consumer Protection Act of 2000

Sponsored — Predatory Lending Deterrence Act

Cosponsored — Honoring the Navajo Code Talkers Act

Cosponsored — Organ Transplantation Fairness Act of 2000

Cosponsored — Teaching Hospital Preservation Act of 2000

Cosponsored — Home Health Payment Fairness Act of 2000

Sponsored — A bill to amend Public Law 85-159 to strike the provision relating to transmission of power generated by the Niagara Power Project, New York, to neighboring States.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend expensing of environmental remediation costs for an additional 6 years and to include sites in metropolitan statistical areas.