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U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee, Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Mike Braun (R-IN), and Ted Budd (R-NC) urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to provide clarity on the purpose and structure of its newly-formed Human Foods Program.
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U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee, released the following statement on the nomination of Department of Labor (DOL) Deputy Secretary Julie Su to replace Marty Walsh as Secretary of DOL. Cassidy previously voted against her deputy secretary nomination.
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U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee, joined U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and 20 senators in reintroducing the National Right-to-Work Act, which would protect workers’ choice to form, join, or assist labor organizations or not participate at all.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today led a committee hearing titled, “Examining Health Care Workforce Shortages: Where Do We Go From Here?”
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Ahead of the committee’s first hearing in the new session of the 118th Congress, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) on Thursday released the full roster of the panel’s subcommittees.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, announced on Wednesday that Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel will testify next month in front of the committee for a hearing entitled, “Taxpayers Paid Billions For It: So Why Would Moderna Consider Quadrupling the Price of the COVID Vaccine?”
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, today issued the following statement after Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz refused to appear in front of the committee to testify about his company’s long-running noncompliance with federal labor law
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U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee, and John Thune (R-SD) reintroduced the Stop Reckless Student Loan Actions Act, which would end President Biden’s current student loan pause and prohibit the president from cancelling any outstanding federal student loan due to a national emergency.
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U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee, delivered remarks during the hearing “Examining Health Care Workforce Shortages: Where Do We Go From Here?” He discussed the ongoing shortage of health care providers, including nurses, in Louisiana and around the country.
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U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, expressed his opposition to four Biden administration nominees following an off-the-floor HELP committee executive session.
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U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee, U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce committee, and 67 lawmakers called on the Biden administration to rescind their reckless Income Driven Repayment (IDR) rule proposal, which would reduce the amount of student loan debt borrowers will have to pay back by 40 percent.
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U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) joined U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) and 48 of their senate colleagues in introducing a Congressional Review Act to overturn the Biden administration rule authorizing asset managers to prioritize environment, social and governance (ESG) when making investment decisions with their clients’ retirement savings.
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U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), joined U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and 41 Senate colleagues in filing an amicus brief in Biden v. Nebraska and Department of Education v. Brown challenging the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program. Specifically, they argue that the student loan program is a clear overreach of executive power and circumvents the authority of Congress.
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Senate HELP Committee Holds First Executive Session of 118th Congress
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U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), and Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, rebuked the administration’s reckless Income Driven Repayment (IDR) rule proposal and called on Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to extend the rushed public comment period.
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U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) was officially seated as the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) for the 118th Congress. Cassidy will lead Republicans on the HELP Committee, which include U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Mike Braun (R-IN), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), and Ted Budd (R-NC).
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In a letter signed by all the Democratic members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sens. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) on Tuesday invited Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to testify at a hearing in front of the panel on March 9 about the company’s lack of compliance with Federal labor laws.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the new chairman of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Wednesday during remarks to Advocates for Community Health proposed a historic expansion of community health centers.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) at 1:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Feb. 9th will hold a press conference with rail workers to demand companies provide them with at least seven paid sick days.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Monday, February 13, will host a town hall at the U.S. Capitol to discuss the pay crisis teachers are facing throughout the United States.