Legislation

Sponsored — Health Insurance Consumer’s Bill of Rights Act of 1997

Cosponsored — JUMP Ahead Act of 1997

Cosponsored — Fairness and Voluntary Arbitration Act of 1998

Cosponsored — Insurance Disclosure Act of 1997

Sponsored — Budget Surplus Dividend Act of 1997

Sponsored — Welfare to Work Act of 1997

Cosponsored — Jennifer’s Law Act of 1997

Sponsored — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for the purchase of a principal residence within an empowerment zone or enterprise community by a first-time homebuyer.

Cosponsored — Helping America’s Disabled Veterans Act of 1997

Sponsored — Taxpayer Right-To-Know Act of 1997

Cosponsored — Health Care Access Improvement Act

Cosponsored — National Forest Protection and Restoration Act of 1997

Cosponsored — Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to child custody, child abuse, and victims of domestic and family violence.

Cosponsored — Safe Havens for Children Act of 1997

Cosponsored — To prohibit the transfer of a handgun by a licensed dealer unless the transferee states that the transferee is not the subject of a restraining order with respect to an intimate partner or child of the transferee.

Cosponsored — Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 1997

Cosponsored — Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 1997

Sponsored — Brady Background Check Improvement Act

Cosponsored — Calling for a United States effort to end restrictions on the freedoms and human rights of the enclaved people in the occupied area of Cyprus.