Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the national service laws to prioritize national service programs and projects that are directly related to the response to and recovery from the COVID-19 public health emergency, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide for the expedited and transparent procurement and distribution of equipment and supplies needed to combat COVID-19.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to report on COVID-19 recovery small business programs, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Keeping Critical Connections Act of 2020

Cosponsored — A bill to provide for the expedited procurement of equipment needed to combat COVID-19 under the Defense Production Act of 1950.

Sponsored — A bill to provide State funding to ensure that essential workers can access child care.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide assistance to small businesses impacted by COVID-19, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to help small businesses access capital and create jobs by reauthorizing the successful State Small Business Credit Initiative.

Cosponsored — A bill to assist older Americans and people with disabilities affected by COVID-19.

Cosponsored — A bill to extend the due date for the return and payment of Federal income taxes to July 15, 2020, for taxable year 2019.

Sponsored — A bill to allow a tax credit for certain coronavirus-related charitable contributions for taxable year 2020.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of prescription digital therapeutics for the treatment of mental health and substance use disorders under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to subsidize payments on loans guaranteed under the 7(a) and 504 loan programs or made using funds under the microloan program, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to waive, for 1 year, the cost sharing requirements of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the temporary increase in number of judges presiding over the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize additional assistance to address pollution from perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalklyl substances and other emerging contaminants, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide unemployment assistance to individuals affected by COVID-19, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a plan to address certain high risk areas identified by the Comptroller General of the United States regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs in the 2019 High-Risk List of the Government Accountability Office, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend coverage requirements to ensure that no person incurs cost-sharing when receiving a test to confirm a COVID-19 infection.