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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...