Legislation

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.

Cosponsored — Networking and Information Technology Research and Development for Department of Energy Missions Act

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).

Sponsored — Effective National Firearms Objectives for Responsible, Commonsense Enforcement Act of 2000

Cosponsored — A resolution commending Ernest Burgess, M.D. for his service to the Nation and international community.

Cosponsored — Medicaid Safety Net Hospital Act of 2000

Cosponsored — Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2000