Jeff Merkley

To expand Americans’ access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, and for other purposes.

To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of permanent faculty in palliative care at accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools and other programs, including social work, physician assistant, and chaplaincy education programs, to promote education and research in palliative care and hospice, and to support the development of faculty careers in academic palliative and hospice care.

To require the Agricultural Research Service to conduct research relating to wildfire smoke exposure on wine grapes, and for other purposes.

To support educational entities in fully implementing title IX and reducing and preventing sex discrimination in all areas of education, and for other purposes.

To provide for drought preparedness and improved water supply reliability.

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the earned income and child tax credits, and for other purposes.

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure College for All.

To improve the provision of health care furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs for veterans diagnosed with diabetes and heart disease, and for other purposes.

To establish judicial ethics.

To establish State-Federal partnerships to provide students the opportunity to attain higher education at in-State public institutions of higher education without debt, to provide Federal Pell Grant eligibility to DREAMer students, and for other purposes.

To establish Ocean Innovation Clusters to strengthen the coastal communities and ocean economy of the United States through technological research and development, job training, and cross-sector partnerships, and for other purposes.

Recognizing the 102nd anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

To establish programs to address addiction and overdoses caused by illicit fentanyl and other opioids, and for other purposes.

To establish a grant program to address the crises in accessing affordable housing and child care through the co-location of housing and child care, and for other purposes.

To provide for the overall health and well-being of young people, including the promotion and attainment of lifelong sexual health and healthy relationships, and for other purposes.

To provide paid family and medical leave benefits to certain individuals, and for other purposes.

To modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain land, and for other purposes.

To amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to improve compensation for workers involved in uranium mining, and for other purposes.

To amend the Public Health Service Act to grow and diversify the perinatal workforce, and for other purposes.