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Guthrie and Schrader Bipartisan Bill to Lower Drug Costs Heads to President’s Desk

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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, praised passage of their bipartisan solution to help lower drug costs in the House of Representatives. Guthrie and Schrader introduced the Protecting Access to Safe and Effective Medicines Act…

Guthrie Works to Combat the Substance Use Disorder Crisis in U.S.

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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 reverse the substance use disorder crisis in the United States. Guthrie joined H.R. 1910, the Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act, to extend the fentanyl analogues ban permanently. Fentanyl and its analogues are…

Guthrie, McConnell, Rogers, Comer Reintroduce Cumberland Expressway Legislation

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), along with Congressman Hal Rogers (KY-05) and Congressman James Comer (KY-01), and U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) reintroduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, respectively, to help attract federal funding to the Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Expressway through a designation change. By…

Guthrie Reintroduces Success for Rural Students and Communities Act

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) joined Reps. Elise Stefanik (NY-21), Josh Harder (CA-10), Billy Long (MO-07), Cheri Bustos (IL-17), Vicky Hartzler (MO-04), Michael San Nicolas (GU-At Large), Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05), and Cindy Axne (IA-03) this week in reintroducing the Success for Rural Students and Communities Act. This bipartisan bill aims to help close the gap in…

Guthrie Announces 2021 Congressional Art Competition

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) today announced applications are open for the annual Second District Congressional Art Competition. “The Second District Congressional Art Competition is officially underway, and I encourage high school students to show off their talent in this fun competition,” said Guthrie. “Each spring, I enjoy holding this district-wide event to…

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…