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Guthrie Statement on Passing of Former State Senator Joe Bowen

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) released the following statement after learning of the passing of former Kentucky State Senator Joe Bowen. “I was sad to learn today of the passing of my longtime friend, former State Senator Joe Bowen. We became fast friends while serving together in the Kentucky General Assembly, when he was in the Kentucky House of Representatives…

Guthrie’s Response to President Biden’s SOTU Address

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie released the following statement after President Joe Biden delivered the State of the Union address. “Rising prices on everyday goods, growing drug overdose epidemic, worsening crisis at our Southern Border, and a challenging supply chain crisis are several of the reasons that Kentuckians I serve tell me they are unhappy with the direction…

Guthrie, E&C Republican Leaders Launch Probe into Attempts by NIH’s Fauci and Collins to Suppress Debate and Information on COVID-19’s Origins

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent letters to National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Dr. Anthony Fauci and former National…

Guthrie Calls for Democrats to Work with Republicans on Combating Deadly Fentanyl Analogues

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), who serves at the top Republican of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, called for Democrats to work with Republicans on addressing illicit fentanyl-related substances, also known as fentanyl analogues, at a House Republican Leadership Stakeout press conference yesterday with House Republican Chairwoman Elise…

Guthrie Votes Against Democrats’ “America Concedes Act”

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) released the following statement after voting against Democrats’ America COMPETES Act. “If Congressional Democrats were serious about increasing America’s global competitiveness against China, then they would have not written ‘coral reef’ and ‘climate change’ more times than ‘China’ in their America COMPETES Act, or better known as…

Guthrie Pushes to Keep Ban on Fentanyl-Related Substances

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) spoke on the House floor yesterday in support of the HALT Fentanyl Act. Guthrie is an original cosponsor of the HALT Fentanyl Act, which would permanently extend the class-wide scheduling of illicit fentanyl-related substances, also known as fentanyl analogues, and provide a streamlined process for researching possible clinical uses…

Guthrie, E&C Republican Leaders Question HHS Sec. Becerra on Being MIA for COVID-19 Response

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra on his lack of leadership during a public health…

Guthrie Leads Bipartisan Letter to Protect Popular Medicare Advantage Program

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), along with Representatives Tony Cárdenas (CA-29), Mike Kelly (PA-16), and Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), led a letter with 342 other bipartisan Members of Congress to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to express their strong support for the Medicare Advantage program, which provides…

Guthrie Statement on President Biden’s One Year of Crises

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) released the following statement on President Joe Biden’s failures during first year in office. “Today marks President Biden’s one year of one-party rule and one year of crises. Essentially every ongoing crisis in our country, including the economic crisis, supply chain crisis, border crisis, and energy crisis, can be tied to…

Guthrie: President Biden deserves an ‘F’ for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), who serves as the top Republican of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, released the following statement on President Biden’s year of mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic. “President Trump had to start from scratch to fight COVID-19. Last year President Trump gifted President Biden Operation Warp Speed, which…