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Ranking Member Cassidy Delivers Floor Speech on Nomination of Julie Su for DOL Secretary
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered a speech on the Senate floor expressing concern over the nomination of Department of Labor (DOL) Deputy Secretary Julie Su to be Secretary of DOL.
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Ranking Member Cassidy, Cornyn, Ernst, Colleagues Introduce CRA to Overturn Biden’s Reckless Student Loan Schemes
U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, John Cornyn (R-TX), Joni Ernst (R-IA), and 36 Republican colleagues introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn President Biden’s student loan cancelation scheme, which would transfer up to $20,000 in student loan debt per borrower onto taxpayers, costing an estimated $400 billion.
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Ranking Member Cassidy Delivers Remarks During Moderna Hearing
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 the price of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. Specifically, he talked about Operation Warp Speed during the COVID-19 pandemic and how private companies stepped up to develop and distribute a life-saving vaccine in under a year.
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Ranking Member Cassidy Releases Statement on Loren Sweatt to be Republican Nominee to National Mediation Board
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement after President Biden announced that Loren Sweatt, current Senior Professional Staff Member for the HELP Committee GOP staff, will be nominated to serve as a member of the National Mediation Board (NMB), an independent federal agency that works with the railroad and airline industries on labor relations.
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Ranking Member Cassidy Condemns Biden’s Veto of Environmental Social Governance (ESG) Resolution
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, condemned President Biden’s veto of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution overturning a rule authorizing asset managers to prioritize environment, social and governance (ESG) factors over the financial success of their clients’ retirement savings.
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Ranking Member Cassidy Requests Answers over Stanford University’s Failure to Protect Free Speech on Campus
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, raised concerns about Stanford University’s failure to protect freedom of speech after a student-led protest disrupted an event headlined by Judge Kyle Duncan, who serves on U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Judge Duncan was originally invited by the Stanford Law School’s Federalist Society to discuss his views on Fifth Circuit cases that were before the Supreme Court for review.
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PREPARED REMARKS: Chairman Sanders Questions Howard Schultz in HELP Committee Hearing and Calls on Starbucks to End the Illegal Union Busting
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, today led the committee in a hearing titled, “No Company Is Above the Law:
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Help Majority Staff Report On Starbucks
No Company is Above the Law: Myth-Busting Starbucks’ Claims That it Has Not Violated Federal Labor Law with Impunity
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Chairman Sanders, Ranking Member Cassidy Seek Answers on Child Labor Violations
Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP) Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) today requested answers from Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. (PSSI) following reports that the company had employed more than 102 children between 13 to 17 years of age in hazardous conditions.
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Ranking Member Cassidy, Cornyn, Ernst Announce Effort to Overturn Biden’s Reckless Student Loan Scheme Through Congressional Review Act
U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, John Cornyn (R-TX), and Joni Ernst (R-IA) announced they will introduce a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn President Biden’s student loan cancelation scheme, which would transfer up to $20,000 in student loan debt per borrower onto taxpayers, costing an estimated $400 billion.
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Ranking Member Cassidy Delivers Remarks During Moderna Hearing
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 the price of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine.
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Ranking Member Cassidy Releases Statement on Loren Sweatt to be Republican Nominee to National Mediation Board
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement after President Biden announced that Loren Sweatt, current Senior Professional Staff Member for the HELP Committee GOP staff, will be nominated to serve as a member of the National Mediation Board (NMB), an independent federal agency that works with the railroad and airline industries on labor relations.
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Ranking Member Cassidy Condemns Biden’s Veto of Environmental Social Governance (ESG) Resolution
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, condemned President Biden’s veto of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution overturning a rule authorizing asset managers to prioritize environment, social and governance (ESG) factors over the financial success of their clients’ retirement savings
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Ranking Member Cassidy Requests Answers over Stanford University’s Failure to Protect Free Speech on Campus
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, raised concerns about Stanford University’s failure to protect freedom of speech after a student-led protest disrupted an event headlined by Judge Kyle Duncan, who serves on U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
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PREPARED REMARKS: HELP Committee Hearing on Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Pricing, CEO to Testify
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, today led the committee in a hearing titled, “Taxpayers Paid Billions For It: So Why Would Moderna Consider Quadrupling the Price of the COVID Vaccine?”
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Sanders Statement on Biden Administration Refusing to Lower Price of Vital Cancer Drug
en. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Tuesday issued the following statement after the administration rejected a march-in rights petition to lower the price of a vital cancer drug:
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HELP Committee Chairman Sanders, Ranking Member Cassidy, Casey, Romney Seek Information from Stakeholders on PAHPA Reauthorization
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP), today along with Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), and Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) requested input from public health officials, health care providers, and other stakeholders on policies the Committee should consider during the reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA).
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HELP Committee to Vote on Subpoena for Starbucks CEO and Hold Hearing on Defending the Constitutional Right of Workers to Organize
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP), announced Monday that the committee will hold an Executive Session this Wednesday, March 8, at 10:00 a.m. ET to vote on a subpoena for Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, followed by a hearing titled, “Defending the Right of Workers to Organize Unions Free from Illegal Corporate Union-Busting” featuring AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry, Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien, former Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board John Ring, and President of the National Right to Work Committee and the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation Mark Mix.
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Sanders Introduces Legislation to Address Teacher Pay Crisis in America
As school districts across the country report serious staffing shortages largely due to unprecedented levels of stress, burnout, and low pay, Sen. Bernie Sanders, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Thursday introduced essential legislation to begin to address the major teacher pay crisis in America and ensure that all public school teachers earn a livable and competitive wage that is at least $60,000 a year and increases over the course of their career.
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Following Successful Public Pressure Campaign to Lower the Cost of Eli Lilly’s Insulin, Sanders and Bush Introduce Bill to Finish the Job and Cap the Price at $20 Per Vial
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) on Thursday introduced legislation that would cap the list price of insulin at no more than $20 per vial, substantially reducing the cost of the lifesaving drug for the more than 7 million people who use insulin across the United States and the 1.3 million Americans who were forced to ration insulin last year.