Legislation

Cosponsored — A resolution designating October 18, 2002, as “National Mammography Day”.

Cosponsored — A resolution designating the month of October 2002, as “Family History Month”.

Cosponsored — DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act of 2002

Cosponsored — Honoring the Passengers and Crew of United Flight 93 Act

Sponsored — A bill to provide for cancellation of student loan indebtedness for spouses, surviving joint debtors, and parents of individuals who died or became permanently and totally disabled due to injuries suffered in the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001

Cosponsored — A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Health And Human Services should conduct or support research on certain tests to screen for ovarian cancer, and Federal health care programs and group and individual health plans should cover the tests if demonstrated to be effective, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — Federal-Local Information Sharing Partnership Act of 2002

Cosponsored — A bill to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 900 Brentwood Road, NE, in Washington, D.C., as the “Joseph Curseen, Jr. and Thomas Morris, Jr. Processing and Distribution Center”.

Sponsored — Cheaper Car Insurance Act of 2002

Cosponsored — Security and Liberty Preservation Act

Cosponsored — FHA Multifamily Housing Loan Limit Improvement Act

Cosponsored — Economic Security Act of 2002

Cosponsored — Act to Save America’s Forests

Sponsored — Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act of 2002

Sponsored — A bill to prohibit oil and gas drilling in Finger Lakes National Forest in the State of New York.

Sponsored — Our Lady of Peace Act

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the National Maritime Heritage Act of 1994 to reaffirm and revise the designation of America’s National Maritime Museum, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A resolution reaffirming support of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and anticipating the commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the enactment of the Genocide Convention Implementation Act of 1987 (the Proxmire Act) on November 4, 2003.

Cosponsored — Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2002