Legislation

Cosponsored — Mychal Judge Police and Fire Chaplains Public Safety Officers’ Benefit Act of 2002

Cosponsored — Ergonomics Rule bill

Cosponsored — Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002

Cosponsored — Medicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Act of 2002

Cosponsored — Contact Lens Prescription Release Act of 2002

Sponsored — A bill to exclude United States persons from the definition of “foreign power” under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 relating to international terrorism.

Cosponsored — A resolution reiterating the sense of the Senate regarding Anti-Semitism and religious tolerance in Europe.

Cosponsored — Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2002

Cosponsored — Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2002

Sponsored — National Cyber Security Defense Team Authorization Act

Cosponsored — Community Partnership to End Homelessness Act of 2002

Cosponsored — Inflammatory Bowel Disease Act

Cosponsored — Medicare Hospital Outpatient Department Fair Payment Act of 2002

Cosponsored — Rx Flexibility for States Act

Cosponsored — A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the designation of the week beginning May 19, 2002, as “National Medical Services Week”.

Cosponsored — National Sea Grant College Program Act Amendments of 2002

Sponsored — Meat and Poultry Products Safety Improvement Act of 2002

Cosponsored — Law Enforcement Tribute Act

Cosponsored — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services within the Department of Health and Human Services relating to modification of the medicaid upper payment limit for non-State government owned or operated hospitals published in the Federal Register on January 18, 2002. and submitted to the Senate on March 15, 2002.