Ranking Member's Press

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released a fact sheet highlighting the innovation-killing impact of Democrats’ proposed prescription price controls. Here’s how Democrats’ partisan agenda would harm American medical breakthroughs and...

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to appoint an impartial and qualified Presidential Emergency...

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee onHealth, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), introduced the Food and Drug Administration Simple Reauthorization Act,  that would reauthorize the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) prescription drug, generic drug, biosimilar, and medical device user...

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra demanding clarity on the Biden Administration’s strategy to respond to the ongoing monkeypox outbreak. “Despite the once in...

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Education announced its notice of proposed rulemaking on student loan relief programs:  “It appears the Department of Education has...

Senate Republican leaders have sent a letter to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) requesting more information on the potential budgetary and economic impacts of making the temporary expansion of premium tax credits (PTC), justified as pandemic relief by Democrats, permanent.   The...

Today, Republicans on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee announced Brandi Swindell, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Stanton Healthcare, will testify before the Committee on Wednesday, July 13th at 10:00 a.m. ET about her work providing life-affirming maternal and infant health care for women...

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Education released its proposed changes to the Title IX rule for adjudicating sexual misconduct cases on college campuses: “Today’s proposed executive...

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced the Saving Access to Laboratory Services Act, bipartisan legislation to update Medicare’s payment system for clinical diagnostic laboratory services, ensuring seniors...

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Carson v. Makin that religious schools cannot be excluded from Maine’s private-school tuition assistance program, which helps students...

Today, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing with Biden Administration officials from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on the continued...

Today, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing titled, “An Update on the Ongoing Federal Response to COVID-19: Current Status and Future Planning” with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health...

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), and Representative Virginia Foxx (NC-05), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and Labor, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona demanding clarity on the...

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), released the following statement after voting against the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements (FDASLA) Act: “For more than 25 years in Congress, I’ve pushed for reforms to ensure...

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chair of the Senate HELP Subcommittee on Children and Families, introduced the College Savings Recovery Act, bipartisan legislation to give families greater control over their savings, allowing...

Today, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held an executive session to consider S. 4348, the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements (FDASLA) Act, bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) prescription drug, generic drug, biosimilar, and medical...

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), sent letters to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, the U.S Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, and the U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh demanding...

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), and Chair Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), introduced the FDA Safety and Landmark Advancements (FDASLA) Act—legislation reauthorizing the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) prescription drug, generic...

Today the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held ahearing grilling U.S. Food and Drug Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf over the agency’s handling of the ongoing infant formula shortage, which is impacting families across the nation. Here are some of the key takeaways from the hearing: #1: The FDA...

Today, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing titled, “Infant Formula Crisis: Addressing the Shortage and Getting Formula on Shelves,” with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf to examine the FDA’s role in the ongoing infant formula shortage crisis. In his...