Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee’s Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee, today with full committee chairwoman Rep. Virginia Foxx (NC-05) introduced the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act.The PROSPER Act reforms the Higher… Read more »
Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), chairman of the Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee, along with Congressman John Ratcliffe (TX-04), chairman of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee, wrote the following opinion piece in the Washington Times on the need to close the cyber skills gap: Closing the cyber skills gapAs… Read more »
Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), along with Congressman Pete Aguilar (CA-31), today launched the Congressional E-Commerce Caucus. This bipartisan caucus aims to explore federal policy related to the E-Commerce industry and its impacts on the American economy. The caucus will focus on four policy areas: expanding internet access, investing in infrastructure,… Read more »
Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) today released the following statement after the House passed the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA):“Today I was proud to vote for the bipartisan, bicameral National Defense Authorization Act. This bill includes the largest pay raise for our troops in eight years – great news for service members… Read more »
Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), chairman of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, along with Congressman Todd Rokita (IN-06), chairman of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, led a hearing today on how the opioid crisis impacts communities. According to a recent study, the opioid public health… Read more »
Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) introduced the Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act (H.R. 4256). This bipartisan legislation would create a public health infrastructure to combat Alzheimer’s disease and preserve brain health.U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV),… Read more »
Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) and Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06), co-chairs of the Congressional Spectrum Caucus, introduced the Spectrum Auction Deposits Act (H.R. 4109), a bill that will make it easier for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to auction off spectrum frequencies.Spectrum makes up the radio frequencies that power smartphones, Wi-Fi,… Read more »
Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), chairman of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, along with Congressman John Ratcliffe (TX-04), chairman of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection, led a hearing yesterday on public-private solutions for educating a strong cyber workforce.The cybersecurity industry is one of the… Read more »
Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) grilled the former CEO of Equifax Richard Smith about the massive data breach of customers’ personal data during a Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee hearing yesterday. “Credit reporting services are why you can sit down at a car dealership and walk away with a car that afternoon because somebody… Read more »
Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), vice chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health, and Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06) today applauded House passage of the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2017 (S. 652). Guthrie and Matsui, along with Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), introduced the Early… Read more »
