WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following press release:
Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Rhode Island's U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, and U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (TX-37) introduced their resolution marking July 2026 as "Plastic Pollution Action Month." The bicameral resolution spotlights the dangers of the plastic pollution crisis and calls on Americans to protect our health and environment by taking steps to reduce plastic pollution, this month and every month.
"Most of us have been taught the three Rs-reduce, reuse, and recycle; but too often the reality with plastics is the three Bs-buried, burned, and borne out to sea," said Merkley. "During Plastic Pollution Action Month, we renew our commi...