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WASHINGTON – On Thursday, July 24, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will vote on nominations for the Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Education, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. Agenda: Nomination of...

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, July 24, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will vote on nominations for the Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. Agenda: Nomination of David Castillo to serve as...

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, July 24, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a hearing on strengthening Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), empowering workers to have a stake in their company and build wealth for themselves and their families. ESOPs are employee retirement plans in which a company’s employees...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks during hearing on how to empower independent workers to access portable workplace benefits, like health care and retirement. Last week, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the HELP...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Katie Britt (R-AL) led 20 Senate Republican colleagues requesting the Trump administration rescind Biden’s rule mandating Project Labor Agreements for federal construction projects. “The economic prosperity of...