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, once again called on the Department of Health of Human Services (HHS) to properly implement the bipartisan No Surprises Act, a Cassidy-led law that protects American patients from surprise medical...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, called out Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona for criticizing parents who are involved in their children’s education and Republican efforts to promote school choice during a speech last...

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 disregarding legislative text and injecting abortion politics into its proposed enforcement regulations for the bipartisan Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA)...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule pertaining to the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA) that would undermine private contractors and...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, James Lankford (R-OK), Ted Budd (R-NC), and 22 Republican colleagues introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn a new Department of Labor (DOL) rule that removes religious...

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 – 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...

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, 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 – 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, 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 – 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...

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 a report from the nonpartisan Penn Wharton Budget Model (PWBM) that President Biden’s reckless income-driven repayment (IDR) rule will cost American taxpayers as much as...