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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...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, demanded answers from ByHeart for selling potentially unsafe infant formula that infected 51 infants across 19 states with infant botulism. “Ensuring that parents and their infants have access to safe formula is essential for...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, slammed the National Education Association (NEA), the largest labor union in the U.S., for promoting antisemitism in K-12 classrooms and discriminating against its Jewish members. Instead of fulfilling its purpose to...

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 the U.S. Senate confirmed an additional 97 of President Trump’s nominees this week, eight of which came out of the HELP Committee. Under Cassidy’s leadership, the Committee has voted to advance...