Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the use of foreign feedstocks for purposes of the clean fuel production credit, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prevent consumer reporting agencies from furnishing consumer reports under certain circumstances, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to enhance the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit and make the credit fully refundable for certain taxpayers.

Cosponsored — A bill to reauthorize the trade adjustment assistance program.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand, and make permanent certain modifications of, the earned income credit.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 and the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to direct the Agricultural Research Service to expand organic research, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a refundable child tax credit with monthly advance payment.

Cosponsored — A bill to address the behavioral health workforce shortages through support for peer support specialists, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to secure the rights of public employees to organize, act concertedly, and bargain collectively, which safeguard the public interest and promote the free and unobstructed flow of commerce, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to modify the definition of disaster in the Small Business Act to include low or no snowfall amounts, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to end the tax subsidy for employer efforts to influence their workers' exercise of their rights around labor organizations and engaging in collective actions.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow workers an above-the-line deduction for union dues and expenses and to allow a miscellaneous itemized deduction for workers for all unreimbursed expenses incurred in the trade or business of being an employee.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part.

Cosponsored — A bill to permanently extend the exemption from the engine compartment portion of the pre-trip vehicle inspection skills testing requirement for school bus drivers, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to release a reversionary interest in certain land in the Black River State Forest in Millston, Wisconsin, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to ensure high-income earners pay a fair share of Federal taxes.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Commissioner of Social Security to review and simplify the processes, procedures, forms, and communications for family caregivers to assist individuals in establishing eligibility for, enrolling in, and maintaining and utilizing coverage and benefits under the Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and Social Security programs respectively, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to ensure an equitable geographic distribution of projects selected through the Port Infrastructure Development Program.