U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republicans

NEW: Ranking Member U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy & Congresswoman Erin Houchin introduced legislation requiring the Department of Education to make the FAFSA form available to students each year on 10/1 after the Biden admin failed to get this year's FAFSA program fully up & running until late January.

Ranking Member Cassidy, Houchin Introduce Legislation Requiring FAFSA to be Available on October 1 | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health,...

Senators U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, Senator James Lankford, Senator Mike Crapo, Senator Todd Young, & Sen. Marsha Blackburn today urged U.S. Department of Labor to modify outdated and burdensome guidance to support states in preventing unemployment insurance fraud. For more:

Ranking Member Cassidy, Lankford, Colleagues Urge Biden Admin to Help States Prevent Unemployment Insurance Fraud | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health,...

"More and more union pensions, like the Titanic, are sinking. The last thing workers need is for unions to trick them into climbing aboard...

Last month, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy introduced federal legislation to provide the necessary transparency."

Warn workers before unions persuade them to join underwater pension funds Would you board the Titanic — while it was sinking?

Ranking Member U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy & Committee on Education & the Workforce Chairwoman Rep. Virginia Foxx today blasted the Biden admin for illegally obstructing the U.S. Government Accountability Office investigation into the admin’s failure to implement the new FAFSA program. More:

Ranking Member Cassidy, Chairwoman Foxx Slam Biden Admin for Illegally Obstructing Federal Investigation into Botched FAFSA Rollout, Demand Compliance | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education,...

The FACC has filed a lawsuit to stop the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule which drastically increases cost of compliance for financial advisors and restricts access to retirement investment savings for the majority of low-income Americans.

FACC injunction request: Freeze DOL fiduciary rule until lawsuit is heard An industry trade group formally requested a preliminary injunction from a Texas federal court Tuesday to freeze the Department of Labor’s Retirement Security Rule.

"A wide-ranging group of 130 Republicans in Congress is demanding the Biden administration withdraw $147 billion in 'reckless' student-loan bailouts approved last month."

130 Republicans demand Biden admin withdraw ‘reckless’ $147B student loan bailout The GOPers urged President Biden’s Education Department in a letter Friday to nix the bailout, which would provide even greater student debt relief than an earlier attempt struck down by the …

Jake Poinier on the on President Biden's reckless new independent contractor rule:

"We need policies that support our independence, not bureaucratic meddling under the guise of protection."

Congress must block new labor rule that threatens entrepreneurship, innovation | Arizona Capitol Times Freelancers like me are small business owners and entrepreneurs who contribute to the economy and culture of innovation. We need policies that support our independence, not bureaucratic meddling under the guise of protection.

🚨Gov't watchdog found the Biden admin's Office of Civil Rights is failing its duty to enforce Title IX & has all but abandoned its duty to pursue opportunities to actively hold schools accountable in ensuring equal opportunities for women in sports.

Although women attend college at higher rates, they're participating in athletics at rates significantly lower than men. This is all BEFORE President Biden's new Title IX rule allowing biological males in women's sports, at which point they will be at an even greater disadvantage.

This administration has completely abandoned the goal of building on the progress women have made after Title IX.

College Athletics: Education Should Improve Its Title IX Enforcement Efforts In 1972, Title IX required equity for women in college athletics. Yet 50 years later, women still participate in college athletics at lower rates than...

"Normally a time of celebration for high school seniors, this spring has been marred by the federal government's botched rollout of the new FAFSA application."

Experts fear 'catastrophic' college declines thanks to botched FAFSA rollout The bungled rollout of a new federal student aid form has left millions of students in limbo and some wondering if their college dreams will survive

"Because of a disastrous rollout of the new application for federal tuition aid, many still don’t know how much tuition they would be paying and so have not decided where they can afford to go."
-New York Times

A FAFSA Fiasco Has Students Still Asking: Which College Can They Afford? The new application for federal tuition aid was meant to be simpler. High school seniors say it has been anything but, and some are still unsure of their plans after graduation.

🚨Today, Ranking Member U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy & a bipartisan, bicameral group of Committee leaders in the Senate and House urged the Department of Education to prioritize the timely rollout of the 2025-2026 FAFSA form. For more:

Bipartisan Committee Leaders in Senate and House Raise Concerns Over Rollout of Next Year’s FAFSA | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions WASHINGTON – Bipartisan, bicameral Committee leaders in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of...

"The Biden administration continues with its union-backed plan to ban most types of freelancing — despite the dire evidence from California."

New Op-Ed from Steven Greenhut on President Biden's reckless independent contractor rule & efforts to overturn it:

GOP Fights Biden for Independent Contractors - R Street Institute The Biden administration continues with its union-backed plan to ban most types of freelancing — despite the dire evidence from California. SACRAMENTO — President Joe Biden is nothing if not persistent with his ongoing plan to largely put independent contractors and freelancers out of business ....

🚨NEW: Ranking Member U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy today released a statement following President Biden’s veto of the bipartisan Congressional Review Act resolution to repeal the National Labor Relations Board’s joint employer rule.

Ranking Member Cassidy on Biden Veto of Bipartisan CRA Repealing Joint Employer Rule | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health,...

WATCH HERE: The Senate HELP Committee is holding a hearing on the underrepresentation of minority doctors & maternal mortality.

Senate HELP Hearing (5/02/24) - Underrepresentation of Minority Doctors, Maternal Mortality

Ranking Member U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy today rebuked the US Department of Labor's final rule that dramatically increases the overtime pay threshold by 65 percent, eliminating jobs and raising prices on American families.

Ranking Member Cassidy Rebukes Biden’s New Overtime Rule Eliminating Jobs, Raising Prices on Families | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health,...

🚨Ranking Member U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy today criticized the Biden admin's new Title IX rule that attempts to redefine the purpose of the longstanding law intended to protect women and girls in academic settings into a vehicle to advance progressive policy goals.

Ranking Member Cassidy Criticizes New Biden Rule Redefining Title IX, Hurting Women & Girls | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health,...

Ranking Member U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy today slammed the Biden administration following its illegal injection of abortion politics in its final enforcement regulations for the bipartisan Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). For more:

Ranking Member Cassidy Condemns Biden Administration’s Continued Disregard of Congressional Intent in Published PWFA Regulation | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health,...

Senators U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, Ranking Member of the HELP Committee & John Boozman, Ranking Member of the Agriculture Committee, today requested information on how the Biden administration is developing its federal nutrition guidelines for Americans. For more:

Ranking Members Cassidy, Boozman Seek Information from Biden Admin on Development of Federal Nutritional Guidance | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health,...

There is no such thing as “cancelling” student loan debt. It is a debt transfer.

The admin is simply reheating the same old schemes to transfer debt onto taxpayers that they have been pushing for over a year. This latest announcement is an attempt to distract from U.S. Department of Education's repeated FAFSA blunders.

Big News on Student Debt Relief:

President Biden is announcing new plans to provide relief to borrowers disproportionately burdened by student debt.

If implemented, these plans would provide relief to over 30 million Americans when combined with other Administration actions.

Visit StudentAid.gov/DebtRelief to see how these plans may impact you.