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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and James Lankford (R-OK) along with Republican colleagues introduced the Equal Campus Access Act of 2025, ensuring those in religious student organizations do not face discrimination on college campuses. U.S....

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, slammed the American Medical Association (AMA) for continuing to promote gender mutilation and castration for children against scientific data. This comes after reports that AMA established a medical fellowship in 2021...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, is demanding answers following allegations that school officials at Fairfax County’s Centreville High School illegally arranged and paid for an abortion for a minor student and attempted to do the same for another...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, is leading the Pathways to Paychecks Act, which empowers states to better connect employers with American workers. The Wagner-Peyser Employment Service (ES) program facilitates connections between job seekers and...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a statement on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) postponing a vote to change the recommendation for the hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. If a recommendation for a vaccine is altered...