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 following the resignation of Dr. Minouche Shafik as Columbia University President.   “The Columbia president clearly mishandled the protests and the threats to Jewish students. The...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, along with U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued statements on the new Government Accountability Office report showing that as of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, is urging the Department of Education (DeptEd) Office of Inspector General (OIG) to investigate the use of federal funds by colleges and universities to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) ideology on...

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 Biden-Harris administration’s announcement that the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form for next school year will for the second year in a row not be...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and 21 other Republican senators urged National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) President Charlie Baker to update its student-athlete policy to ensure only biologically female...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) called on Department of Education (DeptEd) Inspector General Sandra D. Bruce to investigate Education Secretary Miguel Cardona over a potential violation of the Hatch Act...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Mitt Romney (R-UT), Tim Scott (R-SC), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced the Student Loan Accountability Act, legislation to prohibit the Biden-Harris administration from transferring student loan debt onto...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced legislation to lower prescription drug costs for American patients . The Reforming Evergreening and Manipulation that Extends Drug Years (REMEDY) Act, promotes...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered a floor speech on HELP Committee Chair Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) decision to hold an off-the-floor HELP Committee vote on three Biden-Harris labor nominees, including current National Labor...

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 on the Biden-Harris administration’s Title IX rule going into effect tomorrow, August 1. This policy redefines “sex” to include gender identity, eliminating legal protections for women and...

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 vote on the Older Americans Act (OAA) Reauthorization Act, the Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support (CARES) Act of 2024, and the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, gave remarks on the HELP Committee vote to subpoena Steward Health CEO Dr. Ralph de la Torre to testify on the company’s financial mismanagement of its hospitals. The Committee approved the subpoena on a...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Joni Ernst (R-IA) introduced the Restoring Civility on Campus Act, which ensures universities and the Department of Education (DeptEd) immediately address civil rights complaints if a student...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced the Upholding Standards of Accountability (USA) Act to rein in the executive branch and ensure federal agencies are held accountable to Congress. This bill comes as the Supreme Court recently...

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 National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) dropping its appeal to a recent federal ruling that vacated Biden’s joint-employer rule. The Biden rule forced liability on...

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 federal appeals court temporarily blocking President Biden’s full income-driven repayment (IDR) scheme while litigation is ongoing. Last month, a separate federal judge...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, condemned the Biden administration’s refusal to provide a congressional briefing on its proposed rule to reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to III under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).   “Your...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, announced that the HELP Committee will vote next Thursday, July 25, to consider a subpoena to compel Steward Health CEO Dr. Ralph de la Torre to testify on the company’s financial mismanagement of its...

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 HELP Committee, issued the following statement: “On Thursday, July 25th at 10AM, our committee will be holding a bipartisan vote to initiate an investigation into...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, is seeking information from the Department of Education (DeptEd) on its processing of Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) complaints, which may involve the unauthorized release of highly sensitive...