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Kentucky Congressional Delegation Urges Biden's Swift Approval of Federal Disaster Declaration

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Kentucky's Congressional Delegation sent a joint letter to President Joe Biden in support of Governor Andy Beshear's request for a federal Major Disaster Declaration for the Commonwealth of Kentucky following severe ice storms in February that left behind massive damage in several counties. "The arctic temperatures combined with the damaging ice and snow has caused…

Guthrie Announces $430,000 Grant for WKU Research

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) announced Western Kentucky University has received a $429,768 research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The grant was awarded to WKU to advance biology professor Noah Ashley’s research into how sleep loss from stress and other factors causes inflammation, which can lead to other diseases such cancer and…

Guthrie, Thompson, Butterfield, and Thompson Introduce the Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Patient-Centered Care Act

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-05), Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01), and Congressman Glenn “GT” Thompson (PA-15) announced the introduction of the Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Patient-Centered Care Act. This bipartisan bill helps ensure that Medicare beneficiaries can access the orthotics and prosthetics devices they…

Guthrie and Schrader Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Lower Drug Costs

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, and Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05), Health Subcommittee member, introduced the Protecting Access to Safe and Effective Medicines Act. “Increasing competition for prescription drugs helps drive down costs for patients, and that’s what the Protecting Access…

Guthrie Announces Hardin County Students’ Academy Appointments

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) this week notified Mark Cecil and Eli Kraan that they had been selected for an appointment to a service academy. Cecil received an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy and Kraan received an appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy. Rep. Guthrie notifying one of the students…

Guthrie Honors Kerry McDaniel on House Floor

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) delivered the following remarks in honor of Kerry McDaniel on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives this week. Click HERE to watch Rep. Guthrie’s full speech “Sadly, Kerry McDaniel passed away in February at just 65 years of age from COVID–19 complications. He was…

Guthrie Statement on the Senate-Amended $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Bill

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) released the following statement after voting against the final version of the partisan $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill. “I have and will continue to support resources for COVID-19 vaccines and other pandemic response efforts, but with less than 10% of this $1.9 trillion so-called COVID-19 bill going towards fighting COVID-19, I cannot…

Guthrie: Partisan Election Bill Is Written By And For The Benefit Of Politicians

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) released the following statement after voting against H.R. 1, House Democrats’ partisan election bill. “House Democrats think it’s a good idea to use taxpayer dollars for their political campaigns during the current public health emergency,” said Guthrie. “House Democrats also want to take away power to make certain decisions on how to…

Guthrie Statement on George Floyd Justice in Policing Act

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) released the following statement on H.R. 1280, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. “The deaths of Breonna Taylor in my home state of Kentucky and George Floyd are both tragedies,” said Guthrie. "Many Americans sadly do not have confidence in our criminal justice system, and my colleagues on both sides of the aisle want to…