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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Tim Scott (R-SC), and Rand Paul (R-KY) unveiled a legislative package modernizing federal labor law to empower 27 million independent workers to access portable workplace benefits, like health care and...

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, July 9, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a hearing to examine the future of health care, and how to improve cybersecurity to better protect Americans’ health privacy. This hearing will take place directly after the Committee vote on the nomination of Susan Monarez to be Director...

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, July 9, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will vote on the nomination of Susan Monarez to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Agenda: Nomination of Susan Monarez to serve as Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health 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 following the Supreme Court ruling in Mahmoud v. Taylor. Cassidy previously led an amicus brief in this case supporting parents’ constitutional right to be notified of and able to...

WASHINGTON – Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted to advance eight of President Trump’s nominees at the Department of Education, the Department of Labor, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Under the leadership of HELP Chair Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), the Committee has voted to...