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WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, November 10, the U.S Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a confirmation hearing on the nomination of Catherine Eschbach to be General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Agenda: Nomination of Catherine Eschbach to be General Counsel of the Equal Employment...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, demanded answers from the Educational Testing Service (ETS) CEO after a cybersecurity incident exposed millions of current and former California students’ private information to bad actors. “Cybersecurity threats...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a legislative discussion draft to democratize patient access to Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based health technologies in a safe and responsible manner. This discussion draft builds on Cassidy’s...

WASHINGTON – Last Week, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, visited the Christian Outreach Center in Baton Rouge to learn about its partnership with DoorDash’s Project DASH, which delivers healthy food to Louisianans in need. During the visit, Cassidy met with local...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) introduced the Literacy Improvement for Transformation (LIFT) Act to improve child literacy by increasing the number of reading and literacy specialists in schools. With 1 in 5...