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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…

Guthrie Responds to Supreme Court Rulings on President Biden’s Overreaching Vaccine Mandates

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on President Biden’s vaccine mandates on health care workers and workers at private businesses with 100 employees or more.  “I’m happy to see the Supreme Court strike down President Biden’s private employer vaccine mandate that would have impacted 84 million…

Guthrie Sees Border Crisis Firsthand During Tour of Southern Border

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EL PASO, TEXAS – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) traveled to the Southern Border January 3-4, 2022 with Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (TX-26) to see the border crisis firsthand and speak to law enforcement personnel on the ground about border security and drug smuggling across the border. Guthrie is the top Republican of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee,…

Guthrie, Riley Share Resources for Tornado Damage Available to Individuals in Barren County with New Designation

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GLASGOW, KY – Congressman Brett Guthrie (R-KY) and State Representative Steve Riley (R-Glasgow) released the following statements on Barren County being added to the to the Major Disaster Declaration for the Commonwealth of Kentucky and federal resources available. Guthrie, Riley, Emergency Management Agency Director Tracy Shirley,…

Kentucky Congressional Delegation Supports Governor’s Request for Disaster Declaration

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Declaration would aid Kentucky communities hardest-hit by tornadoes and severe weather WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kentucky's federal delegation, including U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, Senator Rand Paul, and Representatives Hal Rogers (KY-05), John Yarmuth (KY-03), Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Andy Barr (KY-06), Thomas Massie (KY-04), and James Comer (KY-01) sent a joint letter today…

Guthrie Announces 2021 Congressional App Challenge Winners

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) announced the 2021 winners of the Congressional App Challenge from Kentucky’s Second District during Computer Science Education Week. The overall first place winner is Glasgow High School student Emma Bunch, who created the app “Cure.” In total, 55 apps were created for this year’s app challenge, which was the highest participation…

Guthrie Statement on Testing Positive for COVID-19

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) released the following statement after receiving a positive COVID-19 test result. “Out of an abundance of caution, I took a COVID-19 test, and it came back positive today. I am glad I decided to get fully vaccinated, and I am experiencing mild symptoms. My offices in Kentucky’s Second District and D.C. will stay open to assist…