Ranking Member'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 after President Trump’s announcement that he will nominate Linda McMahon for Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.  “I agree with President Trump's statement that we need...

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 report detailing the Biden-Harris administration’s failures to secure the southern border resulting in the exploitation and abuse of migrant children.    This report comes after Cassidy’s over...

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 a federal court invalidated the Biden-Harris overtime rule. This regulation would have increased the overtime pay threshold by 65 percent, eliminating jobs and raising prices on...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Susan Collins (R-ME) are seeking answers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on its continued failures to produce accurate national jobs data, which has serious impacts on the American...

WASHINGTON – 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 President Trump’s announcement that he will nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).   “RFK Jr. has championed issues...

WASHINGTON – 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 announcement that he will be chair of the HELP Committee in the 119th Congress. Cassidy served as ranking member of the Committee in the previous Congress.   “It is an honor to...

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 newest Biden–Harris scheme to transfer student debt onto American taxpayers. Specifically, this new policy attempts to empower the Biden-Harris administration to unilaterally cancel student...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, urged the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to properly investigate antisemitism and discrimination against Jewish workers following the October 7 terror attack on Israel.  “EEOC needs to address...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, launched an investigation into major medical organizations promoting the use of puberty blockers and irreversible gender transition surgeries for children. This comes following recently published research...

WASHINGTON – Today, on the anniversary of the October 7 terror attacks in Israel, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, wrote an op-ed in the Daily Wire calling on the Biden-Harris administration and Senate Democrats to take action to protect Jewish students...

WASHINGTON – 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 a federal court blocking the Biden-Harris administration’s newest student loan scheme indefinitely while litigation is ongoing.   “Once again, the courts rebuked the Biden-Harris...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced the Union Members Right to Know Act, legislation to prevent unions from using member dues to promote antisemitism and other hateful ideologies without workers’ consent. Since the October 7 terror...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, is requesting information from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on why it has failed to provide clarity to drug manufacturers on how to properly list their products’ patents in the FDA-administered...

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 East and Gulf Coast ports and unionized dockworkers to agree on a collective bargaining contract before the September 30 deadline. As a result of the failed...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced the Restoring Integrity in Fiduciary Duty Act, which prevents asset managers from prioritizing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors over the financial success of Americans’ retirement...

WASHINGTON – 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 HELP Committee, released a joint statement after the U.S. Senate voted unanimously to hold Steward Health Care CEO Dr. Ralph de la Torre in criminal contempt for defying...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) announced that their resolution to recognize National Hazing Awareness Week passed the U.S. Senate. The resolution designates this week, September 23 through 27, 2024, as “National...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Ron Johnson (R-WI), and 41 other Republican lawmakers called out the Biden-Harris administration for its failure to address the abuses at the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR),...

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 Committee hearing to discuss weight loss drugs. Click here to watch the hearing live.  See below for the remarks as prepared for delivery.   Thank you, Chair Sanders.  Nearly one...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, slammed President Biden and Vice President Harris for failing to take action to prevent a strike of unionized dockworkers at the East and Gulf Coast ports. Since June, negotiations have stalled between the ports...