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CBO: Biden’s Backup Student Loan Scheme will Cost Taxpayers $230 Billion
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 17, 2023
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 Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) announcement that President Biden’s reckless income-driven repayment (IDR) rule will cost American taxpayers $230 billion over the next ten years
Ranking Member Cassidy, Scott Highlight Republicans’ Efforts to Protect American Workers Ahead of HELP Hearing Pushing Big Labor and the Radical PRO Act
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 17, 2023
U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Tim Scott (R-SC) highlighted Republican efforts to protect American workers ahead of today’s HELP Committee hearing on labor relations in the United States. U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), chair of the HELP Committee, is expected to tout big labor unions after reintroducing the radical Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act.
Ranking Member Cassidy Demands Answers on HHS Promoting “AbortionFinder” Website, Targeting of Minors to Get Abortions Without Parents’ Knowledge
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 17, 2023
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 Health and Human Services (HHS) for promoting the website AbortionFinder.org, a third-party website that promotes abortion providers and provides minors as young as “15 and younger” with information about how to obtain an abortion without parental knowledge.
Ranking Member Cassidy on President Biden’s “Irresponsible” Budget
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 17, 2023
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on the provisions included in President Biden's FY 2024 budget that are under committee’s jurisdiction.
Following Starbucks’ Response to Subpoena Vote, Sanders Reiterates Request for CEO Schultz to Testify
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 17, 2023
Following Starbucks’ response today to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee’s upcoming vote on a subpoena for CEO Howard Schultz to testify on the coffee giant’s lack of compliance with federal labor law, Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sent the following letter to the company reiterating the committee’s request for Schultz to appear.
Republicans Uphold Commitment to America, Reintroduce Parents Bill of Rights
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 17, 2023
Congresswoman Julia Letlow (LA-05) introduced H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights Act. With 73 Republican co-sponsors, Letlow’s bill delivers on a key promise of the Commitment to America and puts in place concrete legal protections that will ensure parents always have a seat at the table when it comes to their child’s education.
Foxx Skewers Biden Over IDR Plan Following CBO’s Blockbuster Cost Estimate
By DOL Newswire | Mar 16, 2023
News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) skewered the Biden administration’s IDR rule after the Congressional Budget Office estimated this radical policy will cost taxpayers $230 billion. The IDR proposal will severely exacerbate rising college costs and excessive borrowing.