Promises & Agendas

“Sponsor and advance the Coercion and Sexual Abuse Free Environment (CSAFE) Act to combat child exploitation, and press the U.S. Senate to take it up.”

“Enact the Retail Investor Protection Act (H.R. 1090) to block/delay the Department of Labor fiduciary rule affecting retirement-savings advisors.”

“Enact the Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation (SAVE) Act (H.R. 4225) to make it a federal crime to knowingly advertise commercial sex acts involving trafficking victims.”

“Author and enact federal legislation to combat online sex trafficking by amending Section 230 to allow states and victims to sue websites that knowingly facilitate sex trafficking (Allow States and Victims to Fight Onlin…”

“Reauthorize the Affordable Connectivity Program and expand rural broadband access and affordability through targeted USDA legislation.”

“Reverse harmful cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), on which 1 in 9 families in the Sixth District depend.”

“Extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits (Inflation Reduction Act healthcare benefits) beyond 2025 to protect coverage for 190,000 Marylanders.”

“Implement the Buffett Rule by closing tax loopholes for private equity and hedge funds so wealthy Americans pay their fair share.”

“Implement a federally incentivized national strategy to build 5 million new homes nationwide to address the housing shortage.”

“Advance Medicare For All to guarantee affordable health care for every American, working with Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Pramila Jayapal.”

“Introduce legislation to ban immigration from nearly a dozen predominantly Muslim countries, including Yemen and Sudan.”

“I promise to continue standing beside my colleagues in Congress and behind the American people until we know the necessary answers to how this defective technology can be used for effective law enforcement.”

“Will require the Department of Defense to strengthen the JROTC instructor pipeline and provide Congress with the accountability needed to ensure students have access to the leadership opportunities JROTC provides.”

“Will open the Judicial Conference's proceedings to the public, which the sponsor says can help the federal judiciary regain the public trust it has lost over the past three decades.”

“Will take a first step toward making educator pay at Bureau of Indian Education schools more competitive, by examining how to raise it, so those schools can recruit and retain talented teachers.”

“Will extend to the VA home loan program the same kind of support available for other VA benefits, giving veterans access to free, independent guidance when buying a home, refinancing, or fighting to stay in their homes.”

“Will generate billions of dollars in current-year revenue for the Treasury, help resolve the backlog of conservation easement cases at the U.S. Tax Court, and address abuse within the conservation easement program.”

“Will make an individual without intelligence or national security experience ineligible to bypass Senate-confirmed intelligence leaders and assume control of the intelligence community.”

“Will protect workers' privacy, safety, and right to organize from employer workplace surveillance.”

“Will fill the hardest-to-hire VA specialty vacancies so veterans can get the care they need, and predicts this bill will be signed into law as quickly as the sponsor's previous VA pay-cap law.”

“Will create a State Department award that honors Esther Coopersmith's legacy and recognizes the diplomats and public servants carrying her mission forward.”

“Will award a Congressional Gold Medal to Americans who rescued Jews and other refugees facing near certain death during the Holocaust.”

“Will give health care providers the tools to prevent chronic disease before it develops.”

“Will require the Pentagon to evaluate available assets, engage local partners, and deliver Congress a roadmap with actionable options and precise cost estimates for reopening, modernizing and staffing Alaska National Gua…”

“Will produce greater public transparency about what happened during the first 20 years of the congressional workplace-claims settlement program.”

“Will provide schools with the resources needed to combat chronic absenteeism and ensure students receive the education and support they deserve.”

“Advance the Frontline Fighter Force First Act (H.R. 4027) to modernize Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, requiring the Air Force to report on replacing aging aircraft on a one-for-one basis with next-generation fighter jet…”

“Advance the bipartisan Flooding Prevention, Assessment, and Restoration Act (introduced with Rep. Marcus Molinaro) to empower the Natural Resources Conservation Service to improve rural communities' access to federal flo…”

“Secure the federal funding needed to replace the century-old I-5 Interstate Bridge over the Columbia River, and work to reduce and limit tolls on the replacement.”

“Vote against any national abortion ban and support a federal law guaranteeing abortion access nationwide.”