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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a hearing next Wednesday on how charter schools meet the students’ unique learning needs, empowering parents to give their child their best chance at success. Title: Meeting the Individual Needs of All Students: The Role of Charter Schools Date:...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) raised concerns about the recent cybersecurity incident on Instructure, threatening the data of 275 million students, families, and teachers worldwide. The incident shut down...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, penned an op-ed in the Center Square on his agenda to tackle high health care costs, so Louisiana families can afford to get the care they need. Cassidy, the first physician to chair the HELP Committee, detailed...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, U.S. Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ), U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), and U.S. Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) led 108 Republican lawmakers in filing an amicus...

METAIRIE – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a field hearing in Jefferson Parish, LA on improving treatment for mental health and substance use disorders. In recognition of Cassidy’s efforts to better Americans’ mental health, the Treatment Communities of...