Chair's Press

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, May 15, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, will host “Chartering Excellence: A Policy Briefing on Charter School Innovation,” an event on how to strengthen access to charter schools, so students can receive the best education that meets their...

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 nomination of James O’Neill to serve as Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services.          Click here to watch the hearing live.  Cassidy’s speech as prepared for...

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, May 15, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will consider the nomination of Janet Dhillon to serve as the Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. Agenda: Nomination of Janet Dhillon to serve as Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Date: Thursday, May 15,...

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, May 8, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a hearing on the nomination of James O’Neill to serve as Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services. Dr. Janette Nesheiwat will no longer appear before the HELP Committee following the withdrawal of her nomination to be Surgeon...

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, May 14, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a hearing with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to discuss President Trump's proposed HHS budget for fiscal year 2026. This is the first time in at least two decades that the HHS Secretary...

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 a new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report highlighting the dangers of allowing children to undergo irreversible chemical and surgical mutilation.   The report also...

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, May 14, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a hearing with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to discuss President Trump's proposed HHS budget for fiscal year 2026. This is the first time in at least two decades that the HHS Secretary...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, applauded the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Institutes for Health (NIH) announcement of Generation Gold Standard, a new initiative to pursue a universal vaccine platform for...

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, May 8, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a hearing on the nominations of James O’Neill to serve as Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Janette Nesheiwat to serve as Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service and Surgeon General of the Public...

WASHINGTON – Tomorrow, April 30, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will vote on bipartisan legislation to address the continued antisemitic attacks and harassment against Jewish students on college campuses. Specifically, the HELP Committee will consider the Protecting Students on Campus Act and the Antisemitism...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a report detailing findings from his years’ long investigation into how covered entities use and generate revenue from the 340B Drug Pricing Program. Cassidy also outlined potential reforms needed to...

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, April 30, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will vote on bipartisan legislation to address the continued antisemitic attacks and harassment against Jewish students on college campuses. Specifically, the HELP Committee will consider the Protecting Students on Campus Act and the Antisemitism...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released proposals to empower independent workers to access portable workplace benefits like retirement and health care.   “Labor and employment laws designed for a different time no longer address the needs of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, applauded the Trump administration's recent actions to protect children from irreversible chemical and surgical castration.   The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a new policy preventing Medicaid...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, raised serious concerns about the potential sale of 23andMe’s genetic database of over 15 million users. The sale creates the opportunity for foreign adversaries, including the Chinese Communist Party, to acquire the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, announced that Wednesday's Committee markup to consider the Protecting Students on Campus Act, the Antisemitism Awareness Act, and the Give Kids a Chance Act is postponed. The rescheduled markup will be announced...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Thom Tillis (R-NC), and ten Republican colleagues introduced the Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions (DETERRENT) Act. This legislation would increase the...

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, April 9, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will vote on bipartisan legislation to address the continued antisemitic attacks and harassment against Jewish students on college campuses. Specifically, the HELP Committee will consider the Protecting Students on Campus Act and the Antisemitism...

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), ranking member of the HELP Committee, sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., inviting him to participate in a HELP Committee hearing on the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, is demanding information from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) regarding its actions to comply with President Trump’s recent executive order (EO) to ensure children are not subjected to...