Chair's Press

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a statement following the Biden administration’s announcement that it will delay the transmission of Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) information to colleges and universities until...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced legislation to remove obstacles to bone marrow and blood donations and improve the chances of finding a match for patients in need. The Lifesaving Leave Act ensures...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, along with 26 lawmakers requested a Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigation into...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, is seeking information from major meat producers and chemical companies as part of a wider investigation into child labor violations. This comes after Cassidy’s inquiry into Packers Sanitation Services,...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Tim Scott (R-SC) introduced a resolution designating January 21 through January 27, 2024, as National School Choice Week. “Children should have every opportunity to succeed in school, regardless of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks during today’s hearing on long COVID. Click here to watch the hearing live.  Cassidy’s speech as prepared for delivery can be found below: Thank you, Chair Sanders. COVID-19 had a devastating...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, is seeking information from major contract pharmacies as part of his ongoing investigation into how health care entities use and generate revenue from the 340B Drug Pricing Program.   According to the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, blasted the Biden administration for its failed rollout of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) program, delaying students’ access to crucial financial aid services for college.   The...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, highlighted the growing opposition to the Department of Labor’s (DOL) new worker classification rule that dismantles the gig economy and jeopardizes the ability of 27 million Americans to work as...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, slammed the Biden administration’s attempt to speed up the rollout of its student loan schemes, which shift the burden of student debt onto taxpayers that decided not to go to college or already paid off...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, penned an op-ed in Fox News blasting the Department of Labor’s (DOL) new worker classification rule that dismantles the gig economy and jeopardizes the ability of 27 million Americans to work as...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and John Fetterman (D-PA) introduced the Protecting Students on Campus Act of 2024, legislation to empower students to file civil rights complaints if they experience violence or harassment on college...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, announced he will introduce a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to repeal the Department of Labor’s (DOL) final worker classification rule that dismantles the gig economy and jeopardizes the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a troubling report detailing how the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) weaponizes its enforcement power on behalf of unions, enabling American workers to be pressured and coerced into...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, rebuked the Biden administration attempt to shift the blame for its failure to properly return student loan borrowers to repayment onto student loan servicers and draw attention away from errors in the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a statement after Julie Su’s nomination for Secretary of the Department of Labor (DOL) was returned to the White House without a vote for confirmation during the first session of the 118th...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a statement following the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) announcement that Democrats’ Raise the Wage Act of 2023, legislation to increase the federal minimum wage to $17 an hour, would result...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a statement highlighting the 137 organizations who have called on Congress to reauthorize the bipartisan Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA). The legislation strengthens our nation’s...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a statement following the Department of Labor (DOL) publishing a 779 page proposed rule to implement new regulations on registered apprenticeships under the National Apprenticeship Act of 1937, a...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks during today’s hearing on diabetes. Click here to watch the hearing live.  Cassidy’s speech as prepared for delivery can be found below: Thank you, Chair Sanders. We need solutions addressing...