Legislation

Sponsored — A bill to amend the mission statement of the United States Military Academy to include the phrase "Duty, Honor, Country".

Sponsored — A bill to require an updated assessment of the public schools on installations of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to authorize the conveyance by the Secretary of the Army of certain property located at Fort Bliss, Texas, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 802 North Tancahua Street in Corpus Christi, Texas, as the "Captain Robert E. 'Bob' Batterson Post Office".

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to prevent unnecessary resource expenditures relating to methamphetamine prosecutions.

Cosponsored — A bill to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of the life and legacy of Roberto Clemente.

Cosponsored — A bill to support financing of affordable and reliable energy projects by international financial institutions, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the maintenance of the country of origin markings for imported goods produced in the West Bank or Gaza, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend section 301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify those classes of individuals born in the United States who are nationals and citizens of the United States at birth, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to address the effect of litigation on applications to export liquefied natural gas, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to require all aliens applying for a nonimmigrant visa who are unlawfully present in the United States to submit to an in person interview with a consular officer.

Cosponsored — BE GONE Act

Sponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates with a justification for candidate protection determinations, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to study new technologies and opportunities for recycling spent nuclear fuel, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to expand eligibility for individual and public assistance to certain areas and to include cumulative damage from multiple natural catastrophes in the definition of major disaster, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to increase the maximum reward amount for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Nicolas Maduro Moros to $100,000,000, which shall be paid out by the Federal Government from all assets being withheld from Nicolas Maduro Moros, officials of the Maduro regime and their co-conspirators.

Cosponsored — A bill to require the United States Secret Service to provide protection to major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates and their spouses at the same level of protection provided to the President, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to modify a provision relating to criminal penalties for damaging or destroying pipeline facilities, and for other purposes.