Press Releases

WASHINGTON, July 28 — According to a new report – commissioned in 2020 by Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Chairman of the Committee on the Budget, and released yesterday by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) – the gap...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Ron Wyden (D-OR), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Todd Young (R-IN) applauded congressional passage of the Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act,...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), chair of the Senate HELP Committee, along with U.S. Representatives Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Frank Pallone...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, released statements following the Department of Education (ED) Secretary Miguel Cardona and his...

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’s decision to postpone Thursday’s markup of apprenticeship and workforce bills. This comes as the HELP Committee...

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 Kaine (D-VA) introduced the Auto Reenroll Act of 2023, legislation to assist American workers in taking advantage of their available retirement plans and full employer...

WASHINGTON, July 25 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, today with Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-Va.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, 29 Democratic colleagues in the Senate, nearly 150 in the House of Representatives, and...

WASHINGTON, July 25 – The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Thursday, July 27 will hold a markup of critical bipartisan legislation to expand high-quality economic opportunities for workers across the country through apprenticeships and other workforce development programs. Currently, there are nearly 27,000...

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 Department of Labor (DOL) for weaponizing its enforcement power against businesses. Cassidy also expressed serious concerns over DOL’s recent measures to roll-back oversight that...

  WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Marco Rubio (R-FL), Vice Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Ted Budd (R-NC), and Bill Hagerty (R-TN) raised concerns over the Biden administration’s plans to restrict tobacco...

BURLINGTON, Vt., July 24 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Monday issued the following statement as bipartisan talks continue on primary care legislation: “This country has a massive shortage of doctors, nurses, mental health providers, and dentists. We also have a...

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’s announcement that the markup of his Primary Care and Health Workforce Expansion Act will be postponed until September. The...

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 to reauthorize the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA). Click here to watch the markup live.  Cassidy’s speech as prepared for delivery can be found...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, called on President Biden to withdraw his nomination of Julie Su to be the U.S. Secretary of Labor. Su has failed to secure the 50 Senate votes needed for confirmation with every Republican opposing...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2023, which reauthorizes important programs...

WASHINGTON, July 20 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Thursday issued the following statement after the committee favorably reported out the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Response Act: “Over 1 million Americans died from COVID. In fact, we lost more...

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 prioritizing environmental activism over life-saving research and Americans’ access to quality health care.   In November 2022, the Department of...

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’s announcing the release of the Primary Care and Health Workforce Expansion Act and intention for the committee to consider the...

WASHINGTON, July 19 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Wednesday issued the following statement after he introduced major legislation to overhaul the primary health care system in America:“As every American knows, our country faces a major crisis in primary...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS) demanded answers from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) regarding their recent guidance on transgender “chestfeeding.” The senators expressed...