Jeff Merkley

To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act, and for other purposes.

To reauthorize the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, and for other purposes.

To allow Americans to receive paid leave time to process and address their own health needs and the health needs of their partners during the period following a pregnancy loss, an unsuccessful round of intrauterine insemination or of an assisted reproductive technology procedure, a failed adoption arrangement, a failed surrogacy arrangement, or a diagnosis or event that impacts pregnancy or fertility, to support related research and education, and for other purposes.

To prohibit commercial sexual orientation conversion therapy, and for other purposes.

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

To expand the imposition of sanctions under the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 with respect to human rights abuses in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China and to counter the genocidal policies of the Government of the People’s Republic of China.

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 end preventable maternal mortality, severe maternal morbidity, and maternal health disparities in the United States, and for other purposes.

To promote mental wellness and resilience and prevent and heal mental health, behavioral health, and psychosocial conditions through developmentally and culturally appropriate community programs, and award grants for the purpose of establishing, operating, or expanding community-based mental wellness and resilience programs, and for other purposes.

Recognizing widening threats to freedom of the press and free expression around the world, reaffirming the vital role that a free and independent press plays in combating the growing threats of authoritarianism, misinformation, and disinformation, and reaffirming freedom of the press as a priority of the United States Government in promoting democracy, human rights, and good governance in commemoration of World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2023.

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

To amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration.

To ensure the right to provide reproductive health care services, and for other purposes.

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for public health research and investment into understanding and eliminating structural racism and police violence.

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to strengthen the drug pricing reforms in the Inflation Reduction Act.

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

To establish a Green New Deal for Health to prepare and empower the health care sector to protect the health and well-being of our workers, our communities, and our planet in the face of the climate crisis, and for other purposes.

To prohibit disinformation in the advertising of abortion services, and for other purposes.

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to strengthen the drug pricing reforms in the Inflation Reduction Act.

To allow veterans to use, possess, or transport medical marijuana and to discuss the use of medical marijuana with a physician of the Department of Veterans Affairs as authorized by a State or Indian Tribe, and for other purposes.