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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered a speech on the U.S. Senate floor, opposing Democrats’ Congressional Review Act resolution raising families’ insurance premiums and removing safeguards against waste, fraud and abuse of Americans’...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY), Mike Crapo (R-ID), chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and the entire Senate Republican Conference are demanding accountability from outgoing Minnesota...

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, January 15, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will vote on several bipartisan bills to improve American families’ health. The bills under consideration include: S. 1157, Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act S. 921, Tyler's Law S. 2169, Rural Hospital Cybersecurity...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Jim Banks (R-IN), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Todd Young (R-IN), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced the Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower (RISE) Act. This legislation amends the Higher Education...

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, January 14, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a hearing on protecting women from dangerous abortion drugs. "As a doctor and a strong pro-life conservative, I am committed to protecting mothers and the unborn. The medical evidence is clear: chemical abortion drugs not only kill...