Legislation

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

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.

Cosponsored — A bill to revise the Federal charter for the Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc. to reflect a change in eligibility requirements for membership.

Cosponsored — No More IMF Bailouts Act

Cosponsored — Taxpayers Right to Know Act

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — March of Dimes Commemorative Coin Act of 2011

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of State to act on a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.

Cosponsored — American Family Farm and Ranchland Protection Act of 2011

Cosponsored — Jobs and Premium Protection Act

Cosponsored — United Nations Transparency, Accountability, and Reform Act of 2011