Jeff Merkley

To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to include as a high-priority research and extension area research on microplastics in land-applied biosolids on farmland, and for other purposes.

To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.

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

Transnational Repression Policy Act

To amend Public Law 119–21 to repeal the prohibition on making payments under the Medicaid program to certain entities.

To end the use of solitary confinement and other forms of restrictive housing in all Federal agencies and entities with which Federal agencies contract.

To ensure that teachers are paid a livable and competitive salary throughout their career, and for other purposes.

To provide that members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices may not be terminated except for cause and to require the immediate reinstatement of the members of such advisory committee.

To require that all new washing machines sold or offered for sale in the United States contain a microfiber filtration system, 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.

End Polluter Welfare Act of 2025

To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to ensure the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection retains adequate resources to ensure fair, transparent, and competitive markets for financial products and services for consumers and to provide for whistleblower incentives and protection.

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Columbia River Basin Restoration program, and for other purposes.

To provide a process for ensuring the United States does not default on its obligations.

To pause development of the new Sentinel program, extend the life of the Minuteman III, and redirect savings from Sentinel toward the Department of Education, and for other purposes.

To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to exempt from inspection the slaughter of animals and the preparation of carcasses conducted at a custom slaughter facility, and for other purposes.

To ensure affordable abortion coverage and care for every person, and for other purposes.

To limit the use of Federal law enforcement officers for crowd control, and for other purposes.

To ensure the accessibility of drugs furnished through the drug discount program under section 340B of the Public Health Service Act.

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and implement a program and national strategic action plan 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.