The top Democrat on the House Education & the Workforce Committee on Monday called on major U.S. retailers to sign an agreement requiring them to stop sourcing from Bangladeshi companies that don't adhere to a worker safety code.

Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) cited recent accidents in Bangladesh that have left hundreds dead, and said retailers are ultimately responsible for poor working conditions in that country. On the House floor, Miller said Bangladesh is not enforcing worker safety laws because it fears major brands will leave the country and have their clothing made somewhere else.

House Republicans are trying once again to enact a law that would prevent Congress from naming monuments, buildings or other structures after themselves.

For years, Congress has spent millions of dollars funding buildings that bear the name of current members of Congress. Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) famously had dozens of buildings and roads named after him, and several others have followed suit.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said Sunday that the National Riffle Association (NRA) “shames itself” by misleading the public and blocking gun control reforms.

Blumenthal was reacting to comments made by NRA Vice President Wayne LaPierre over the weekend. 

“Yesterday, when NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre said of the organization’s critics 'let them be damned,' he was talking to 90 percent of Americans who support criminal background checks and other common sense gun violence prevention measures,” Blumenthal said Sunday. “His remarks disgrace the organization and its members — most of them supporters of expanding background checks.”

The Senate on Monday hopes to wrap up work on a bill that could boost state tax revenues by millions of dollars.

Senators meet at 2 p.m., and will vote at 5:30 p.m. on S. 743, the Marketplace Fairness Act. The bill gives states the choice of collecting sales taxes for the purchase of goods online.

Congress returns from a week off to consider an issue that could dominate the agenda for much of the summer — the debt ceiling.

The House will start the process by considering a Republican bill that would let the government borrow money in excess of the debt limit, in the event the government bumps up against that limit. But it would only allow this borrowing to help pay for interest on the national debt or to make interest payments related to the Social Security trust fund.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) said Friday that Congress should not spend less on food stamps in order to reduce the deficit through the farm bill.

“Families who are living in poverty, who are just trying to figure out how to keep the lights on and put food on the table — they did not spend this nation into debt,” Gillibrand said. “And we should not be trying to balance the budget on their backs.”

Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) announced Friday a plan to strengthen the solvency of Social Security.

“There are responsible ways to cut the budget without hurting our seniors,” Begich said. “While I agree that we need to make major cuts to reduce the deficit, let’s be clear — Social Security is not the problem.”

Several Senate committees will begin examining the implications of the Gang of Eight’s comprehensive immigration reform plan next week.

On Thursday morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee will start marking up the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act.

"I expect that the House will vote on full repeal of ObamaCare in the near future," he told members.