Chair's Press

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, expanded his efforts to protect American families and taxpayers' dollars by rooting out the widespread fraud in federal child care funding. Cassidy previously investigated Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, and...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, slammed Minnesota Governor Tim Walz after his state’s health department recklessly exposed hundreds of thousands of patients' private data. The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) recently admitted a...

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 OutKick calling on Congress to fix college athletics to protect students from exploitation and set them up for success. Last week, Cassidy led a full Committee hearing with former...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led yesterday's hearing on reforming college athletics, advocating for Congress to prioritize student-athletes’ education and bring stability to the college sports system. Cassidy highlighted the benefits college...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks during today’s hearing on how Congress can reform college athletics to better protect students and ensure they have opportunities to succeed. As Chairman of the HELP Committee, Cassidy is...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, is again confronting the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Endocrine Society for pressuring the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) to remove age limitations on gender surgeries that...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senators Steve Daines (R-MT), James Lankford (R-OK), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) began an investigation into chemical abortion drug manufacturer compliance with U.S. Food and Drug...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, blasted socialist New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani for exploiting Americans’ taxpayer dollars to promote a radical anti-Israel agenda. This comes after Cassidy launched a major investigation into Mamdani for his...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, raised serious concerns following repeated antisemitic incidents at San Jose State University (SJSU) that threaten the safety of Jewish students. Last week, vile antisemitic threats were graffitied on SJSU building...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks during today's hearing on legislation relevant to the committee’s jurisdiction. Click here to watch the full hearing. Cassidy’s speech as prepared for delivery can be found below: The Senate...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a hearing next Thursday on how Congress can reform college athletics to better protect students and ensure they have opportunities to succeed. As Chairman of the HELP Committee, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) is leading efforts. Last week, Cassidy...

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) released draft legislation to eliminate fraud and abuse of federal child care funding. This comes as Cassidy is investigating multiple states, including Minnesota, New York, Oregon,...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced the State-Based Education Loan Awareness Act to help young people afford higher education. The legislation makes it easier for higher education institutions to inform students of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, demanded accountability from multiple state governors for failing to protect American families and taxpayers from fraud in federal child care funding. Cassidy previously led the entire U.S. Senate Republican...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks during today’s hearing on authoritarian regimes like China using financial contributions to influence America’s schools and advance an anti-America agenda. Cassidy is leading efforts to ensure...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a hearing to give members an opportunity to advocate for legislation relevant to the committee’s jurisdiction on Thursday, March 19. Title: Member Day Date: Thursday, March 19, 2026 Time: 10:00 AM ET/ 9:00 AM CT Location: 430 Dirksen Senate Office...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), led 15 Republican Senators urging the U.S. Department of Labor to protect American workers from the Biden administration’s disastrous proposed heat rule. The Biden-era proposed rule would mandate that all...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, hosted a roundtable today on reforming college athletics to protect students and ensure they have opportunities to succeed. As Chairman, Cassidy will hold a future committee hearing to continue the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, will host a roundtable on reforming college athletics to protect students and ensure they have opportunities to succeed on March 10, 2026. The senators will hear from a variety of panelists including former...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, will host a roundtable on reforming college athletics to protect students and ensure they have opportunities to succeed on March 10, 2026. The senators will hear from a variety of panelists including former...