Legislation

Cosponsored — District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

Cosponsored — Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act

Cosponsored — Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011

Cosponsored — Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act of 2011

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources under the supplemental security income program.

Cosponsored — Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act

Cosponsored — Strategic Petroleum Supplies Act

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.

Cosponsored — Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2011

Cosponsored — A bill to approve the Keystone XL pipeline project and provide for environmental protection and government oversight.

Cosponsored — Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to the protection of certain information.

Cosponsored — A bill to close loopholes, increase transparency, and improve the effectiveness of sanctions on Iranian trade in petroleum products.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs.

Cosponsored — Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012

Cosponsored — Budget Before Borrowing Act of 2012

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to extend the authority of the United States Postal Service to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research.

Cosponsored — FHA Bailout Protection Act of 2011

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the minimum low-income housing tax credit rate for unsubsidized buildings and to provide a minimum 4 percent credit rate for existing buildings.