Legislation

Sponsored — Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2010

Cosponsored — Medical School Construction Grant Act

Cosponsored — Growing Farm to School Programs Act of 2010

Cosponsored — A resolution honoring the life, heroism, and service of Harriet Tubman.

Cosponsored — A resolution recognizing the history and continued accomplishments of women in the Armed Forces of the United States.

Sponsored — American Renewable Energy Jobs Act

Cosponsored — Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2010

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the special diabetes programs for Type I diabetes and Indians under that Act.

Sponsored — Criminal History Background Checks Pilot Extension Act of 2009

Cosponsored — A concurrent resolution honoring and praising the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the occasion of its 101st anniversary.

Cosponsored — Research of Alcohol Detection Systems for Stopping Alcohol-related Fatalities Everywhere Act of 2010

Cosponsored — E 2 for Innovation Act

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to eliminate cost-sharing requirements in connection with economic adjustment grants made to assist communities that have suffered economic injury as a result of military base closures and realignments, defense contactor reductions in force, and Department of Energy defense-related funding reductions.

Sponsored — National September 11 Memorial & Museum Commemorative Medal Act of 2010

Cosponsored — State Witness Protection Act of 2010

Cosponsored — Billy’s Law

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow multiemployer plans to amortize losses from certain fraudulent investment schemes over a 40-year period.

Sponsored — Hire Now Tax Cut Act of 2010

Sponsored — Safe Kids’ Jewelry Act