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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) announced the confirmed witnesses for this week’s HELP hearing on issues in higher education. The witnesses include university presidents Dr. Michael Lindsay of Taylor University and Dr. Mark A. Brown of Tuskegee...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, John Cornyn (R-TX), Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) introduced the Empower Charter School Educators to Lead Act, which would authorize existing federal funding to help states streamline the application...

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, hosted “Chartering Excellence: A Policy Briefing on Charter School Innovation,” an event on how to strengthen access to charter schools, so students can receive the best education that meets their individual...

WASHINGTON – Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted to favorably report the nomination of Janet Dhillon to serve as the Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation by a vote of 12-11. Click here to watch the full executive session.  Before the vote, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of...

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, May 22, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will consider multiple nominations at the Department of Labor, the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, and the Department of Education. Agenda: Nomination of Julie Hocker to serve as Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Office of...