Sponsored and Co-sponsored Legislation

Cosponsored — Protecting Nonprofits from Catastrophic Cash Flow Strain Act of 2020

Cosponsored — A bill to authorize supplemental funding for supportive housing for the elderly, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Minority Business Development Agency of the Department of Commerce to promote and administer programs in the public and private sectors to assist the development of minority business enterprises, to ensure that such Agency has the necessary supporting resources, particularly during economic downturns, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish a Library Stabilization Fund to respond to and accelerate the recovery from coronavirus.

Cosponsored — A bill to refinance Federal and private student loans, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to make high-speed broadband internet service accessible and affordable to all Americans, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to provide additional emergency funding for certain nutrition programs.

Cosponsored — A bill to ensure that institutions of higher education take steps to protect their college athletes from COVID-19, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase Federal support to State Medicaid programs during economic downturns, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Social Security Act to establish a new employment, training, and supportive services program for unemployed and underemployed individuals and individuals with barriers to employment, to provide employment services to individuals who are unemployed or underemployed as a result of COVID-19, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide emergency benefits for broadband service during periods relating to COVID-19, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide funding for the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to remove Confederate names, symbols, displays, monuments, and paraphernalia from assets of the Department of Defense.

Sponsored — A bill to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a grant program for tree planting to reduce residential energy consumption.

Cosponsored — A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to award grants to eligible entities to purchase, and as applicable install, zero emissions port equipment and technology, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to designate Juneteenth National Independence Day as a legal public holiday.

Cosponsored — A bill to require States to establish contingency plans for the conduct of elections for Federal office in response to national disasters and emergencies, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title IX of the Social Security Act to improve emergency unemployment relief for governmental entities and nonprofit organizations.

Cosponsored — A bill to improve United States consideration of, and strategic support for, programs to prevent and respond to gender-based violence from the onset of humanitarian emergencies and to build the capacity of humanitarian actors to address the immediate and long-term challenges resulting from such violence, and for other purposes.