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, demanded answers from the Biden administration and its contractor, The Providencia Group (TPG), following reports that unaccompanied children are being released into unsafe environments, including...

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 hearing on dental care in the United States. Click here to watch the hearing live.  Cassidy’s speech as prepared for delivery can be found below: Thank you, Chair Sanders. We...

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 Senate Democrats objecting to passage of his Halt Lethal Trafficking (HALT) Fentanyl Act. This legislation makes permanent the temporary classification of fentanyl-related...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Tim Scott (R-SC), Michael Bennet (D-CO), and 19 colleagues introduced a resolution to celebrate National Charter School Week and recognize charter schools’ contributions to the academic...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Ted Budd (R-NC), Joe Manchin (D-WV), and Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS) introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn the Biden administration's new rule that expands 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, introduced legislation to improve transparency in union elections. While Cassidy supports workers’ ability to decide to join a union, the bill specifically prevents unions from misleading workers about...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, requested information from UnitedHealth Group (UHG) on its response to the February 21 cyberattack on UHG subsidiary Change Healthcare that has wreaked havoc on patients and health care providers...

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 white paper detailing proposals to improve the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Last year, Cassidy requested feedback from stakeholders on policies Congress could consider to modernize NIH....

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Mike Crapo (R-ID), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, raised concerns that the Department of Labor’s (DOL) December 2023 guidance could put U.S. taxpayers on the hook for the...

WASHINGTON – Bipartisan, bicameral Committee leaders in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives urged the Department of Education (DeptEd) to prioritize the timely rollout of the 2025-2026 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form. FAFSA provides schools with the information they need to produce financial aid offers so...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, urged President Biden to issue a plan detailing the administration’s research priorities related to the H5N1 influenza (Avian Flu) outbreak. Cassidy stressed the importance of coordination and clear...

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 President Biden’s veto of the bipartisan Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to repeal the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) joint employer rule. The rule...

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 hearing to address the underrepresentation of minority doctors and maternal mortality in the United States. Click here to watch the hearing live.  Cassidy’s speech as prepared...

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 on the Senate floor for its failure to properly implement the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) program. These continued delays prevent students and...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) requested information from the Department of Education (DeptEd) on its current telework policies.  Despite an end to the COVID-19 public health emergency, reports indicate...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, urged the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to provide information following reports that an agency official leaked confidential economic data to certain Wall Street traders.   Earlier this year, a BLS economist...

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’s (DOL) final rule limiting the ability of American workers to obtain quality, affordable health care.  The final regulation restricts access to Association Health Plans...

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 on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) final rule to classify Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs) as medical devices under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. This policy...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, rebuked the Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule that dramatically increases the overtime pay threshold by 65 percent, eliminating jobs and raising prices on American families.   Specifically, the Biden...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Ted Budd (R-NC) slammed the Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule that expands DOL’s regulatory power over financial advisors, drastically increasing their cost of compliance and restricting access...