Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require that direct-to-consumer advertisements for prescription drugs and biological products include an appropriate disclosure of pricing information.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to define the term natural cheese.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Prevention and Services program, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians' services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to address harmful algal blooms, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish the "Biomedical Innovation Fund", and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide clarification of assistance related to safeguarding and the elimination of landmines, other explosive remnants of war, and conventional arms.

Cosponsored — A bill to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide women with increased access to preventative and life-saving cancer screening.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for training and support services for families and caregivers of people living with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, to provide bankruptcy protections for medically distressed debtors, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the civil rights remedies equalization provision of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1986 to clarify civil rights remedies.

Cosponsored — A bill to subject certain private funds to joint and several liability with respect to the liabilities of firms acquired and controlled by those funds, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limitations for deductible new business expenditures, to consolidate provisions for start-up and organizational expenditures, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to publish, on an annual basis, an assessment of United States dependency on critical agricultural products or inputs from the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to stop the shipment of illicit synthetic drugs via transportation networks in the United States, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan.