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Guthrie Leads Bipartisan Letter to Provide Seniors Access to Innovative Medical Devices

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) along with Representatives Devin Nunes (CA-22), Anna Eshoo (CA-18), Suzan DelBene (WA-01), and 58 colleagues sent a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to express their disappointment with CMS’s decision to repeal the Medicare Coverage for Innovative Technology (MCIT) rule…

Guthrie Takes Actions to Stop Biden’s Vaccine Mandates

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, is working to stop President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates. Click HERE to download the photo of Rep. Guthrie joining his colleagues at a press conference on the Congressional Review Act resolution at the…

Guthrie Statement on House Passage of Democrats’ Socialist Reconciliation Package

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) released the following statement after Democrats’ socialist reconciliation package passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. “Democrats are trying to fit their entire legislative agenda in this socialist tax and spending spree package. Despite the high price tag of this enormous package with the left’s wish list items, this…

Guthrie Statement on One of the Largest Premium Increases in Medicare Part B’s History

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WASHINGTON, D.C.— Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee Heath Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) and E&C Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that Medicare Part B premiums paid by beneficiaries will increase next year, one of the largest increases in…

Guthrie Introduces Bill to Raise Medical Care Priority Status for POWs

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Tags: Veterans

WASHINGTON, D.C.  – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) helped introduce the POW Priority Care Act, which would give former Prisoners of War (POW) the highest priority group status for medical care at the Department of Veterans Affairs. “Veterans who were Prisoners of War have wounds both visible and not visible from the unique hardships they endured. The POW Priority Care Act…

Guthrie Statement on Vaccine Mandate Rule for Health Care Providers

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement about President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for Medicare and Medicaid providers. “Is President Biden listening to the providers nationwide raising the alarm that health care workforce shortages…

Guthrie’s Bill to Strengthen Small and Rural Communications Providers Passes House

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie’s (KY-02) bill to further strengthen our telecommunications networks, especially for small and rural providers, passed the U.S. House of Representatives. Guthrie helped introduced the Open RAN Outreach Act with Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32), Congressman Richard Hudson (NC-08), and Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01). The Open RAN Outreach…

Guthrie’s Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Bill Passes the House

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Brett Guthrie’s (KY-02) National Centers of Excellence in Advanced and Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. This bill encourages innovative pharmaceutical manufacturing. Click HERE to watch Guthrie’s House floor speech on this bill Guthrie, who…

Guthrie Reintroduces the Net Price Calculator Improvement Act

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Tags: Education

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), along with Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), reintroduced the Net Price Calculator Improvement Act. This bipartisan legislation would make improvements to existing law by increasing transparency and the accessibility of information about the cost of college for students and their families. “The financial cost of attending a college…

Guthrie, Matsui Introduce Bill to Continue Newborn Hearing Screening Program

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), along with Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06), yesterday introduced the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2021. This bipartisan bill would reauthorize the newborn hearing screening and intervention program. Since this program was started in 1999, this program has been successful in significantly increasing the number of…