Bill Cassidy, M.D.

“When a veteran dies by suicide, the surviving spouse is left to rebuild a life after unimaginable loss. A steady job provides purpose, stability, and a path forward. This bill creates that opportunity,”

Social Security is an American promise, and Congress seems unmotivated or unwilling to do the hard work required to keep it.

Social Security does not have more time.

The suggestion that Congress should take more time is detached from reality, detached from the concerns of the American people, and detached from the job we were sent to Washington to do: tackle tough issues. Social Security does not have…

There will never be a convenient time to address Social Security. Waiting only guarantees that the solutions available tomorrow will be harder than the ones available today.

Voters should demand of their senator or the person running for Senate in their state: ‘Do you want to fix it now?’" continued Dr. Cassidy.

Put $1.5 trillion in [a separate investment fund] over five years and let all the returns flow back to it. In the meantime, you guarantee that whatever the Social Security recipient is scheduled to receive, they continue to receive," said…

Congress must take the lead. It can do so by permanently strengthening trade enforcement, modernizing customs authorities, building resilient supply chains throughout the Western Hemisphere, and ensuring that manufacturers in China cannot…

Long-term challenges require long-term solutions, and Congress is the branch best suited to crafting such solutions. Congress can provide the consistency and predictability needed to align U.S. economic, trade, and national security goals…

People in Louisiana and across the country support this bill and have contacted my office requesting that Congress reinstate it as soon as possible.

[The resolution] does not predetermine the outcome. It just says that Congress must consider a solution—anyone’s solution—Democrat or Republican, Left and Right. It just asks us to do our job to consider the solution to then go through…

Mr. President, people won’t even set up a process! We’re not talking about a solution. We’re talking about a process that would come to a solution!…It is important for our country that Congress tackle this issue.