Legislation

Sponsored — A bill to establish a grant program to allow National Laboratories to provide vouchers to small business concerns to improve commercialization of technologies developed at National Laboratories and the technology-driven economic impact of commercialization in the regions in which National Laboratories are located, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to clarify the authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to prescribe just, reasonable, and not unduly discriminatory or preferential terms, conditions, and compensation applicable to wholesale demand response resource participation in organized wholesale energy, capacity, and ancillary service markets.

Cosponsored — A resolution recognizing National Native American Heritage Month and celebrating the heritages and cultures of Native Americans and the contributions of Native Americans to the United States.

Cosponsored — Adding Ebola to the FDA Priority Review Voucher Program Act

Sponsored — A bill to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish microlabs to improve regional engagement with national laboratories.

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to promote watershed health, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Global Food Security Act of 2014

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to establish and carry out a comprehensive program to improve education and training for energy-related jobs.

Cosponsored — A resolution commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act.

Sponsored — A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to Congress a report on the entrepreneurial impact of technology transfer at the National Laboratories.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to apportionments under the Airport Improvement Program, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Authorization for Use of Military Force against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant

Cosponsored — A resolution designating the week beginning September 14, 2014, as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week.

Cosponsored — A resolution recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month and celebrating the heritage and culture of Latinos in the United States and the immense contributions of Latinos to the United States.

Cosponsored — A resolution recognizing the severe threat that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa poses to populations, governments, and economies across Africa and, if not properly contained, to regions across the globe, and expressing support for those affected by this epidemic.

Cosponsored — A resolution relative to the death of James M. Jeffords, former United States Senator for the State of Vermont.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to improve the Federal charter for the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — World War I American Veterans Centennial Commemorative Coin Act

Cosponsored — Women’s Small Business Ownership Act of 2014