Ranking Member's Press

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 markup of health care reauthorizations. Click here to watch the markup live.  Cassidy’s speech as prepared for delivery can be found below: Thank you, Chair Sanders. You know, we...

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, requested a Government Accountability Office (GAO) review of the Department of Education’s (ED)...

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 failure of the United Auto Workers (UAW) and three of the nation’s largest automakers to reach an agreement to renew employee contracts before contracts expired on...

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 HELP Committee Chair scheduling a September 21st markup on primary care legislation. Despite including drastic increases in federal spending, the announced legislation...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee, Mitt Romney (R-UT), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Susan Collins (R-ME), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and JD Vance (R-OH) introduced the Higher Wages for American Workers Act, legislation that would gradually raise...