Legislation

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase penalties for individuals who illegally enter and reenter the United States after being removed, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Federal Reserve Act to strike a provision relating to earnings on balances, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to establish and carry out a program to enable the rapid development, testing, and scalable manufacture of small unmanned aircraft systems, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to ensure that parents are aware of foreign influence in their child's public school, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend chapter 1511 of title 36, United States Code, to impose certain requirements on the National Education Association, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 505 East 9th Avenue in Amarillo, Texas, as the "Mayor Jerry H. Hodge Post Office Building".

Sponsored — A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to include rioting in the definition of racketeering activity.

Cosponsored — A bill to oppose the provision of assistance to the People's Republic of China by the multilateral development banks.

Cosponsored — A bill to require a full audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks by the Comptroller General of the United States, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to punish criminal offenses targeting first responders, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to require the President to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization, to direct the Secretary of State to submit a report to Congress regarding such designation, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Facilitating Useful Loss Limitations to Help Our Unique Service Economy (FULL HOUSE) Act

Cosponsored — A bill to improve the safety and security of Members of Congress, immediate family members of Members of Congress, and congressional staff.

Sponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of the Air Force to conduct planning and design activities for an addition to a child development center at Dyess Air Force Base, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of the Air Force to conduct planning and design activities for Tye Gate and Arnold Gate infrastructure improvements at Dyess Air Force Base, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to accelerate the procurement of the future long range assault aircraft by initiating early production of not more than 24 such aircraft, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently allow a tax deduction at the time an investment in qualified property is made, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to accelerate development and procurement of aeromedical evacuation and special operations configurations of the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to integrate nacelle improvement modifications into the CMV-22 aircraft fleet to improve readiness and reliability and sustain the tiltrotor industrial base, and for other purposes.