Chair's Press

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Tim Scott (R-SC), Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced the Strengthening Benefit Plans Act of 2025. This legislation would allow for overfunded 401(h) retiree pension accounts to be transferred...

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, June 18, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a hearing on three Trump administration nominees for the Department of Labor and one for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.    The nominations include:   Jonathan Berry to be Solicitor, Department of Labor  Andrew Rogers to...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released historic legislation to fix the broken higher education system that continues to fail students and trap them in a cycle of overwhelming college debt.  “American higher education has lost its purpose....

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 four Trump administration nominees at the Department of Education, the Department of Labor, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The nominations...

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 reauthorization of the Over-the-Counter Monograph Drug User Fee Program.        Click here to watch the hearing live.  Cassidy’s speech as prepared for delivery can be...

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, June 5, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a hearing on four Trump administration nominees at the Department of Education, the Department of Labor, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The nominations include: Penny Schwinn to be Deputy Secretary of Education,...

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 new Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) guidance calling on health care providers to stop performing dangerous gender transition procedures on children. HHS also instructed...

WASHINGTON – Today, May 22, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will consider multiple nominations at the Department of Labor, the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, and the Department of Education. Agenda: Nomination of Julie Hocker to serve as Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Office of Disability...

WASHINGTON – Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted to approve seven of President Trump’s nominees at the Department of Labor, the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, and the Department of Education. The Committee approved these nominees en bloc by a party-line vote of 12-11. These nominations...

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, May 22, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will consider multiple nominations at the Department of Labor, the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, and the Department of Education. Agenda: Nomination of Julie Hocker to serve as Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Office of...

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, June 4, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a hearing on the reauthorization of the Over-the-Counter Monograph Drug User Fee Program. Title: Reauthorization of the Over-the-Counter Monograph Drug User Fee Program Witness: Dr. Jacqueline Corrigan-Curay, Acting Director, Center for...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced the Auto Reenroll Act to help American workers take advantage of their available employer-sponsored retirement plans and full employer match offers by permitting more frequent...

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 to discuss issues in higher education, and how to ensure students' educational success.        Click here to watch the hearing live.  Cassidy’s speech as prepared for delivery can...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) announced the confirmed witnesses for this week’s HELP hearing on issues in higher education. The witnesses include university presidents Dr. Michael Lindsay of Taylor University and Dr. Mark A. Brown of Tuskegee...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, John Cornyn (R-TX), Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) introduced the Empower Charter School Educators to Lead Act, which would authorize existing federal funding to help states streamline the application...

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, hosted “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 individual...

WASHINGTON – Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted to favorably report the nomination of Janet Dhillon to serve as the Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation by a vote of 12-11. Click here to watch the full executive session.  Before the vote, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of...

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, May 22, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will consider multiple nominations at the Department of Labor, the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, and the Department of Education. Agenda: Nomination of Julie Hocker to serve as Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Office of...

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 with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to discuss the  proposed HHS budget for fiscal year 2026. This is the first time in at...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced two pieces of legislation to strengthen Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs); the Employee Ownership Representation Act and the Employee Ownership Fairness Act. ESOPs are employee retirement plans in...