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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks during today’s confirmation hearing for the nomination of Dr. Heidi Overton to be Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Click here to watch the full hearing. Cassidy’s opening...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee vote on multiple Trump administration nominees at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and National Mediation Board is postponed and will not take place this week. Agenda: Nomination of Nicole Saphier to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced a bipartisan, bicameral resolution to honor the life of Connie Clery during National Campus Safety Awareness Month. U.S. Representatives Lucy McBath (D-GA) and GT Thompson...

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, September 24, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a confirmation hearing on the nomination of Dr. Heidi Overton to be Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The hearing will take place directly after the HELP Committee votes on the nominations of several Trump...

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, September 24, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will vote on several Trump administration nominees at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and National Mediation Board, as well as legislation to eliminate student aid fraud in higher education. Agenda: Nomination of Nicole...