Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), chairman of the Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee, and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Vice Ranking Member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, today reintroduced the Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act.For students who receive federal loans, financial counseling is currently o... Read more »

Guthrie speaks to the National Skills Coalition. Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) this week spoke to the National Skills Coalition’s annual meeting, where he discussed his priorities as chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce’s Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development.At the meeting, Guthrie stressed the importance of aligning workers’ ski... Read more »

Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) was today selected to be chairman of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development by Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05). “I want to thank Chairwoman Foxx for selecting me to chair the Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee,” said Guthrie. “She has been a strong leader on this... Read more »

Washington, DC– The U.S. House of Representatives today unanimously passed Congressman Brett Guthrie’s (KY-02) bipartisan bill, H.R. 3179, the Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act.“I am pleased that my bill to better educate and prepare students to make decisions to finance their college education has passed the House,” said Congressman Guthrie. “Too often students complet... Read more »

Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) and Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) today introduced H.R. 5580, the Save America’s Pastime Act. This bipartisan bill clarifies certain labor laws related to Minor League baseball players.H.R. 5580 exempts Minor League players from certain federal wage and overtime requirements, putting them on equal footing with workers in a dozen other unique i... Read more »

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Congressman Guthrie will hold his annual Academy Day information fair on Thursday, September 3rd. The information fair will be in Elizabethtown, Kentucky on the campus of Hardin County Schools EC3 (Early College & Career Center). Read more »

From farmers to manufacturers to school cafeteria employees, Kentuckians worry about the growing number of regulations and how crippling they can be. The REINS Act takes steps to ensure that no major regulation is implemented without the approval of Congress, said Congressman Guthrie. Read more »

H.R. 3179 (H.R. 4984 in the 113th Congress), the Empowering Students through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act, will reform the current guidelines to require annual counseling for student borrowers and enhance their understanding of financial aid. Read more »

Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) voted in support of H.R. 5, the Student Success Act, legislation that updates the nation's K-12 education laws. Read more »