Cassidy to Chair HELP Committee in 119th Congress
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 lead my fellow Republicans as chair of the HELP Committee,” said Dr. Cassidy. “I am excited to work closely with President Trump and my Republican colleagues to implement a Pro-America agenda and deliver real solutions for Louisiana and American families.”
Cassidy is the first medical doctor to serve as HELP chair since 1933, when the committee was named “Education and Labor.”
As chair, Cassidy will establish the agenda of the HELP Committee in the 119th Congress. As ranking member of the HELP Committee during the 118th Congress, Cassidy led Senate Republicans in opposing the harmful Biden-Harris agenda and promoting policies that help American families:
- Led a Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn the Biden-Harris joint employer rule, which threatens the livelihoods of over nine million American workers employed by a franchise business. The U.S. Senate passed the CRA by a bipartisan vote of 50 to 48.
- Led a CRA to overturn the Biden-Harris administration’s student loan scheme, which would transfer up to $20,000 in student loan debt per borrower onto taxpayers, costing an estimated $300 billion. The U.S. Senate passed the CRA by a bipartisan vote of 52 to 46.
- Co-led a CRA preventing the Biden-Harris administration from injecting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ideology into Americans’ retirement savings. The U.S. Senate passed the CRA by a bipartisan vote of 50 to 46.
- Secured $150 million back to the taxpayers that were wrongfully paid to a union pension fund as part of the Democrats’ $90 billion pension bailout.
- Passed multiple bills through Committee to lower prescription drug costs for Americans. This includes the Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) Reform Act, which reforms misaligned incentives for PBMs and ensures 100 percent of drug discounts are passed on to patients. Also led legislation that brings low-cost generic drugs quicker to market, so Americans can access these drugs at an affordable cost.
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