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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, criticized the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for refusing to answer Republican questions about its promise to conduct a safety study of the chemical abortion drug and its approval of another generic,...

WASHINGTON –  U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks during today’s hearing on the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) and improving access to lifesaving organs.   Click here to watch the full hearing.    Cassidy's speech as...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, will speak on the U.S. Senate floor today touting his Health Care Freedom for Patients Act with U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID), chair of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. Later this morning, the Senate will vote on...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, slammed Democrats for voting to raise health costs on millions of Americans and preventing families from receiving up to $5,000 to pay for care. Cassidy’s Republican legislation, introduced alongside Senate...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today delivered a speech on the U.S. Senate floor discussing how his Health Care Freedom for Patients Act with U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID), chair of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, works to lower health care...