Joaquin Castro

To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, and for other purposes.

To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve reproductive health care of individuals with disabilities.

Recognizing the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in higher education.

To protect our Social Security system and improve benefits for current and future generations.

To amend the General Education Provisions Act to allow the release of education records to facilitate the award of a recognized postsecondary credential.

Expressing support for the designation of the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day.

To protect human rights and enhance opportunities for LGBTQI people around the world, and for other purposes.

To establish in the Department of State the Office to Monitor and Combat Islamophobia, and for other purposes.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a refundable child tax credit with monthly advance payment.

To prohibit and prevent seclusion, mechanical restraint, chemical restraint, and dangerous restraints that restrict breathing, and to prevent and reduce the use of physical restraint in schools, and for other purposes.

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to remove certain eligibility disqualifications that restrict otherwise eligible students enrolled in institutions of higher education from participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes.

To provide an earned path to citizenship, to address the root causes of migration and responsibly manage the southern border, and to reform the immigrant visa system, and for other purposes.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the exclusion of Pell Grants from gross income, and for other purposes.

To increase the quality and supply of child care and lower child care costs for families.

Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal.

To require full funding of part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

To protect a person’s ability to determine whether to continue or end a pregnancy, and to protect a health care provider’s ability to provide abortion services.

To establish in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the Department of State a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Peoples, and for other purposes.

To enhance mental health and psychosocial support within United States development and humanitarian assistance programs.

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.