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Guthrie to Host Annual Academy Day Information Fair

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BOWLING GREEN, KY– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) will host his annual Service Academy Day Information Fair on Thursday, August 23, 2018, at 5:00 p.m. EDT in Elizabethtown.Second District students and their parents are invited to learn more about the United States Service Academies and the application process. Representatives from all five service academies – the U.S.…

Guthrie Health Bill Signed into Law

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Washington, DC– President Donald J. Trump has signed into law Congressman Brett Guthrie’s (KY-02) health care bill to modernize state Medicaid programs and help those who rely on in-home health services (H.R. 6042).In 2016, Guthrie worked to include language in the comprehensive 21st Century Cures Act that requires state Medicaid programs to adopt electronic visit verification…

Guthrie Votes to Strengthen Military, Secure Fort Knox Energy Independence

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Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) today voted in support of the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the annual legislation that authorizes the military. This year’s NDAA includes legislation from Guthrie to make the award-winning energy conservation program at Fort Knox permanent.Guthrie worked with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell…

Guthrie, McConnell, Paul Secure Fort Knox Energy Independence in NDAA

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Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) secured updated language in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2019 to allow the Department of the Army (Army) to continue using natural gas as an energy source at Fort Knox.Guthrie introduced legislation earlier this year to…

ICYMI: Guthrie Addresses Internet Access, Safety

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Click here to watch Congressman Guthrie’s remarks and this week’s hearings.  Washington, DC– At two subcommittee hearings this week, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) addressed broadband internet connectivity and what can be done to create more internet access for Second District residents, as well as the importance of protecting consumers from phishing…

Guthrie, Davis Introduce APPRENTICE Act

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Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (R-KY-02) and Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-CA-53), chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the House Education and the Workforce Committee’s Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee and co-chairs of the Congressional Apprenticeship Caucus, today introduced the Accessing Professional Partnerships and Resources to…

Guthrie Health Legislation Passes House

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Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) applauded House passage of the Over-the Counter Monograph Safety, Innovation, and Reform Act (H.R. 5333). Congressman Guthrie is an original cosponsor of this legislation, which passed in the House yesterday by a unanimous vote.The Over-the-Counter Monograph Safety, Innovation, and Reform Act was introduced by Congressman Robert E.…

Guthrie, Davis Host First Official Apprenticeship Caucus Event

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Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (R-KY-02) and Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-CA-53), chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the House Education and the Workforce Committee’s Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee, today hosted the first official event of Congressional Apprenticeship Caucus.Guthrie and Davis launchedthe bipartisan Apprenticeship…

Guthrie Votes to Support Troops, Strengthen National Security

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Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) today applauded the House passage of the Fiscal Year 2019 Defense Appropriations Bill. “Today I voted in support of our troops at Fort Knox and those stationed around the country and world,” said Guthrie.“The Defense Appropriations Bill gives our troops a 2.6 percent pay raise, the largest pay raise in nine…

Guthrie Bill Included in House Opioid Package

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Washington, DC– The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act (H.R. 6), which includes Congressman Brett Guthrie’s Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers Act. The SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act passed the House by an overwhelmingly bipartisan…