Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to direct the Architect of the Capitol to enter into a contract to revise the statue commemorating women’s suffrage located in the rotunda of the United States Capitol to include a likeness of Sojourner Truth.

Cosponsored — Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Coin Act

Cosponsored — Ending the Medicare Disability Waiting Period Act of 2004

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004, to strike the restriction on use of funds that requires a 24-hour time limit for destroying identifying information submitted in relation to a firearm background check.

Cosponsored — Screening Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Very Efficiently Act of 2004

Sponsored — A resolution recognizing the 40th anniversary of June 21, 1964, the day civil rights organizers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner gave their lives in the struggle to guarantee the right to vote for every citizen of the United States, and encouraging all Americans to observe the anniversary of the deaths of the 3 men by committing themselves to ensuring equal rights, equal opportunities, and equal justice for all people.

Cosponsored — Ronald Reagan Alzheimer’s Breakthrough Act of 2004

Cosponsored — National Dairy Equity Act of 2004

Cosponsored — A joint resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.

Cosponsored — A resolution congratulating the Syracuse University Orange men’s lacrosse team on winning the 2004 NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse National Championship.

Cosponsored — A resolution congratulating the Le Moyne College Dolphins men’s lacrosse team on winning the 2004 NCAA Division II men’s lacrosse National Championship.

Cosponsored — Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2004

Cosponsored — Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act

Sponsored — A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2 West Main Street in Batavia, New York, as the “Barber Conable Post Office Building”.

Sponsored — A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14 Chestnut Street, in Liberty, New York, as the “Ben R. Gerow Post Office Building”.

Sponsored — A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 695 Marconi Boulevard in Copiague, New York, as the “Maxine S. Postal United States Post Office Building”.

Cosponsored — Long Island Sound Protection Act

Cosponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the dedication of the National World War II Memorial on May 29, 2004, in recognition of the duty, sacrifices, and valor of the members of the Armed Forces of the United States who served in World War II.

Cosponsored — Condemning Iraq Abuse of Prisoners resolution