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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, announced that the HELP Committee will hold a hearing next week, January 30, on the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).     Agenda:...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a statement after Senate Democrats blocked the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which ensures newborns that survive abortions receive lifesaving care from health care practitioners. Cassidy...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks during today’s executive session to formally organize the HELP Committee for the 119th Congress. This is the first executive session that Cassidy will chair and is the traditional first step before the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and John Fetterman (D-PA) re-introduced the Protecting Students on Campus Act, legislation that empowers students to file civil rights complaints if they experience violence or harassment on college campuses due...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a statement following a revelation that taxpayer funds administered by the Biden-Harris Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) were used to...