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Bill Cassidy

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Bill Morgan Cassidy is an American politician and physician currently serving as the junior United States Senator from Louisiana, a position he has held since January 6, 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Cassidy has focused on various issues during his tenure, including healthcare, veterans' affairs, and economic development. He has been an advocate for reforms in the healthcare system and has expressed strong opinions on public health policies, including vaccination schedules.

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  1. Mr. Blanche is not perfect, and he will tell you this. But the choice is not between perfection and Mr. Blanche.31 sources2026npr.org
  2. I have a history with Mr. Trump. But that history does not matter one bit.19 sources2026westvirginiawatch.com
  3. Being Senate-confirmed gives him greater leverage to push for things that should be pushed for.12 sources2026westvirginiawatch.com
  4. I don’t oppose all of these IAAs. I do think the administration should be allowed to pilot how to address inefficiencies and the potential for efficiencies by operationalizing these IAAs.9 sources2026nebraskaexaminer.com
  5. It is between Mr. Blanche and another acting attorney general who may not run the department effectively under President Trump.7 sources2026missouriindependent.com
  6. I am told that Senate confirmation is important in interactions with the president, with others in the Cabinet and is important to DOJ employees in general. Being Senate-confirmed gives him greater leverage to push for things that should be pushed for.7 sources2026missouriindependent.com
Aug 20, 2026

Additionally, Dr. Overton’s active role in last week’s nonsensical vaccine executive order calls into question her commitment to standing up for sound science and protecting children’s health.

lailluminator.com
Aug 20, 2026

Her lack of managerial experience does not prepare her well for leading a large organization that is already dealing with staffing and morale issues.

lailluminator.com
Aug 18, 2026

The point is that when you’re making the decision process, you’re taking in everything at once. And you just make the best decision that presents at the time

huffpost.com
Aug 18, 2026

So, if you’re going to tell me that somebody didn’t tell me the truth, and I should have like, you know, seen in the future that they were not going to tell the truth.

huffpost.com
Aug 18, 2026

People can draw their own conclusions, but it’s pretty evident that that was the White House and the RFK pledge — RFK may say, technically this is the president, not him, and technically he’s right

huffpost.com
Aug 18, 2026

You’ve lost sight of affordability for the parent. You’ve lost sight of the convenience for the American family. You’ve lost sight of that which is driving higher costs in healthcare — for example, more doctor’s visits

huffpost.com
Aug 18, 2026

And that means that we should be working to increase immunization rates, not to decrease them.

huffpost.com
Aug 18, 2026

The policy that the president just put forward is going to decrease immunization rates aside from being less convenient and costing families more.

huffpost.com
Aug 18, 2026

There are guarantees that were given to me and guarantees that were supposedly going to be enforced by the White House. Among those were not to affect the [Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices] schedule

huffpost.com
Aug 18, 2026

Yeah. Again, people always want to bring that up, and all I can say is you have to live life living forward.

huffpost.com
Aug 18, 2026

Right now, there is not three different vaccines. There’s only these three combined. And why did they combine them? To make it more convenient for the parent, to make fewer jabs for the child

huffpost.com
Aug 18, 2026

the American people have been poorly served

huffpost.com
Aug 17, 2026

So the president is wrong; there’s a lot of bad things that will come out of this.

theguardian.com
Aug 17, 2026

Let’s just take it from the perspective of the parent: now instead of going to the doctor twice to get their child vaccinated, they have to go six times.

theguardian.com
Aug 17, 2026

The claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.

theguardian.com
Aug 17, 2026

WOTC helps those who have been out of work rejoin the workforce and supports businesses along the way."

cassidy.senate.gov
Aug 17, 2026

The Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act creates jobs, expands opportunity, and makes life better."

cassidy.senate.gov
Aug 17, 2026

If it wasn’t so potentially tragic, you would break out laughing at a comment like that.

theguardian.com
Aug 17, 2026

Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.

theguardian.com
Aug 17, 2026

Instead of making service a barrier to employment, WOTC rewards it by providing the military spouse the opportunity to build a stable and rewarding career. And in our country, that’s how we should treat those who have served our country in…

cassidy.senate.gov
Aug 17, 2026

One of the most meaningful ways to strengthen a person’s future, to support their family, and uplift their community, is by taking the skills that you know you have, and finding a job in which you can meaningfully use those skills,"

cassidy.senate.gov
Aug 16, 2026

This is working backwards on affordability.

salon.com
Aug 16, 2026

If you’re pro-life, you should be pro-vaccine.

salon.com
Aug 16, 2026

Yeah, that’s a crazy stupid thing.

salon.com

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