Senator Bill Cassidy

Senator Bill Cassidy

• 455 Dirksen Senate Office Building

• Washington, DC 20510

•  (202) 224-5824

• email him

Committees:

• ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES (Subs: Energy (Chair); National Parks; Water & Power);

• FINANCE (Subs: Fiscal Responsibility & Economic Growth (Chair); Health Care; Taxation & IRS Oversight);

• HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR & PENSIONS (Chair) (Subs: Education & the American Family; Employment & Workplace Safety; Primary Health & Retirement Security);

• VETERANS' AFFAIRS

Global Action Record:

• 2013/06/19 - HR 1947 Farm Bill Royce Amdt. - failed - allowed for aid to purchase "local" food aid instead of shipping from U.S. farms - Nay

• 2017/09/06 - HR 601 +Harvey Relief + Continuing Resolution + raising debt limit - Yea (signed into law by President Trump)

• 2018/12/12 - HR 2 Farm Bill - early versions would have cut SNAP for people out of work - Yea 

• 2020/07/09 - signed Rubio/Cardin Global Fund COVID-19 Emergency Response letter

• 2022/10/19 - H.R.4693 - Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021 (unanimous, President Biden signed into law)

• 2024/12/23 - READ Act Reauthorization Act signed into law within H.R.5009 the  National Defense Authorization Act  

U.S. Action Record:

• 2009 - HR 2 - Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act - Nay

• 2010 - S 3307 - Healthy Hungry Free Kids Act of 2010 - Nay

• 2010 - HR 4853 - Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010 - Nay/Yea2

• 2013/06/20 - HR 1947 Farm Bill - failed - would have cut SNAP- Yea

• 2013/09/19 - HR 3102 Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act (cuts SNAP $39b) - Yea

• 2018/06/28 - HR 2 Farm Bill senate version good for SNAP Yea (keep amendment requiring photo ID Yea)

• 2020/03/25 – HR 748 – CARES Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security- Yea

• 2020/12/21 – HR 133 -Consolidated Appropriations Act – Yea