Jeff Merkley

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to conduct a study, and submit to Congress a report, on the human health impacts of exposure to microplastics in food and water.

To make price gouging unlawful, to expand the ability of the Federal Trade Commission to seek permanent injunctions and equitable relief, and for other purposes.

To direct the Secretary of Labor to promulgate an occupational safety and health standard to protect workers from heat-related injuries and illnesses.

Urging the United States to lead a global effort to halt and reverse the nuclear arms race.

Expressing the sense of the Senate that the actions of the Trump Administration that drastically and indiscriminately reduce staff at Federal agencies, freeze vast swaths of critical Federal funding, and dismantle Federal agencies are destructive and harmful to communities across the United States and have raised costs for American families.

To amend section 2112 of title 44, United States Code, to appropriately limit donations to Presidential Libraries and Centers.

To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of Food and Drug Administration-approved contraception and medication related to contraception, 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.

A resolution commemorating 30 years of diplomatic relations between the United States and Vietnam on July 11, 2025.

To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to authorize the establishment of, and provide support for, State-based universal health care systems that provide comprehensive health benefits to State residents, and for other purposes.

Designating July 2025 as Plastic Pollution Action Month.

To provide for automatic renewal protections, and for other purposes.

Recognizing that climate change poses a growing threat to public health and necessitates coordinated action to mitigate its impacts and safeguard the health and well-being of all people in the United States.

To establish requirements under which the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall carry out the Timber Production Expansion Guaranteed Loan Program.

GLOBE Act of 2025

To provide mandatory funding for hazardous fuels reduction projects on certain Federal land, and for other purposes.

Recognizing June 2025, as LGBTQ Pride Month.

To increase transparency, fairness, and protections for diplomatic personnel affected by reductions in force, and for other purposes.

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit panic defenses based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that all provisions shall apply to legally married same-sex couples in the same manner as other married couples.