Ranking Member's Press

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), along with Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Todd Young (R-IN), sent a letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human...

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 follow-up letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona after the Department failed to...

Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released a “timeline of failure” detailing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) and Biden Administration’s role in creating the infant formula crisis. “I’m glad the Biden...

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, along with Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT), Tim Scott (R-SC), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced the Student Loan Accountability Act, legislation to prohibit the Biden Administration from cancelling...

This week, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a group of Senate colleagues in submitting comment to the U.S. Department of Labor opposing the Administration’s proposal to make substantial, misguided, and burdensome changes to the wage regulations...

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

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf demanding accountability from the FDA on its inaction to secure the nation’s infant formula supply chain, following dire...

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement on today’s conference meeting for the United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021:   “China poses a unique competitive threat to America’s economic security. The...

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, along with Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, and Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles...

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 Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona demanding accountability on the...

Today, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held a nomination hearing for Kalpana Kotagal to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). In his submitted statement for the record, Ranking Member Richard Burr (R-NC) expressed his concern on Ms. Kotagal’s radical political ties,...

Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a hearing titled, “FDA User Fee Agreements: Advancing Medical Product Regulation and Innovation for the Benefit of Patients, FDA Center Directors.” This is the Committee’s second hearing to examine the commitment letters submitted by the Food and Drug...

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, today released the following statement on the passing of former U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch: “I am deeply saddened by the passing of Orrin Hatch. Orrin was a stalwart of the Senate and a true statesman. He believed in the...

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, along with Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Mike Braun (R-IN), Tim Scott (R-SC), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona urging the Department to...

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement after the Biden Administration announced its four-month extension to the student loan repayment freeze, the fourth such extension under this Administration: “The Biden Administration wants...

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, sent a letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky pressing the agency to clarify the science behind its decision to terminate the Title 42 order after apparent inconsistencies...

Today, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing titled, “FDA User Fee Agreements: Advancing Medical Product Regulation and Innovation for the Benefit of Patients.” This is the Committee’s first hearing to examine the commitment letters submitted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement on the Biden Administration’s discontinuance of Title 42: “The Biden Administration’s messaging on the status of and response to COVID-19 continues to be a contradictory mess. On the...

Today, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing titled, “Rise and Shine: Improving Retirement and Enhancing Savings.” Ranking Member Burr’s prepared opening statement: “Good morning.  Thank you Chair Murray for scheduling this hearing to highlight the need for Congress to...

Today, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing titled, “Strengthening Federal Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Programs: Opportunities, Challenges, and Emerging Issues.”  Today’s hearing follows Ranking Member Richard Burr (R-NC) and Chair Patty Murray’s...