Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an option for any citizen or permanent resident of the United States age 50 to 64 to buy into Medicare.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide paid family and medical leave benefits to certain individuals, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to provide for the administration of certain national monuments, to establish a National Monument Enhancement Fund, and to establish certain wilderness areas in the States of New Mexico and Nevada.

Cosponsored — A bill to prohibit the application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations with respect to the provision of assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

Sponsored — A bill to facilitate lawful international trade by increasing the daily commercial hours of operation at designated ports of entry along the southern border, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to provide a pay incentive for border patrol agents to complete emergency medical technician and paramedic training, to ensure that language interpretation services are available at all U.S. Border Patrol stations, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Natural Resources Management Act

Sponsored — A bill to require the Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to acquire and enhance technology and assets in rural or remote areas near the southern border and to establish an Agent Mobility Demonstration Program.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish a business incubators program within the Department of the Interior to promote economic development in Indian reservation communities.

Cosponsored — Esther Martinez Native American Languages Programs Reauthorization Act

Cosponsored — Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2019

Cosponsored — Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act

Cosponsored — A bill to prohibit the use of amounts appropriated for military construction or the Army Corps of Engineers for the construction of barriers, land acquisition, or any other associated activities on the southern border without specific statutory authorization from Congress.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program relating to physical security and cybersecurity for pipelines and liquefied natural gas facilities.

Cosponsored — A bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

Cosponsored — A bill to limit the separation of families at or near ports of entry.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to prohibit the construction of certain elements of a physical barrier along the southern border of the United States in Federal wildlife and wilderness areas and on State land.