Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to promote transparency by permitting the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to allow its disciplinary proceedings to be open to the public, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to strengthen strategic defense cooperation between the United States and NATO allies on the Eastern Flank, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure campus access at public institutions of higher education for religious groups.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to publish a report on the fertilizer industry, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to require reporting of price increases on noncompetitive contracts, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under the Medicare program of pharmacist services.

Cosponsored — A bill to require disclosure of the total amount of interest that would be paid over the life of a loan for certain Federal student loans.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require pharmaceutical and device manufacturers to publicly disclose covered payments made to patient advocacy organizations.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide for a period of continuing appropriations in the event of a lapse in appropriations under the normal appropriations process, to establish procedures and consequences in the event of a failure to enact appropriations, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration of disputes involving age discrimination.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to release accreditation surveys related to hospitals and psychiatric hospitals and certain information related to such surveys for psychiatric hospitals, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to expand the sharing of information with respect to suspected violations of intellectual property rights in trade.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Environmental Protection Agency to finalize a proposed rule with respect to E15 fuel dispenser labeling and compatibility with underground storage tanks with modifications, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program of the Department of Justice.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to enhance protections for whistleblowers in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish a postsecondary student data system.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Small Business Act to expand the availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a national biochar research network, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to subject certain art traders to provisions relating to records and reports on monetary instruments transactions.