National Security

Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) voted today for an appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2017 to provide funding for military construction and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).“Today’s vote to fund these measures reminds us of the importance of robustly funding critical work that needs to be done, including funding to process the backlog of claims… Read more »

Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) voted this week for H.R. 4909, the House version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2017, an annual bill to authorize funding and programming for the U.S. military.  The House and Senate have worked together to pass an NDAA into law for fifty-four consecutive years.This year’s NDAA includes a… Read more »

Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) today condemned President Obama’s plan to close the U.S. military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.“At a time when the security of the United States is constantly under fire from terrorists and other foreign threats such as ISIS, the President’s proposal to close down the prison holding terrorist detainees… Read more »

Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) voted this week for H.R. 3662, the Iran Terror Finance Transparency Act. This bill enhances congressional oversight of U.S. economic and trade sanctions against Iran to protect the U.S. from national security threats.“Iran has a record of supporting terrorist activities and groups around the world that pose a grave threat to… Read more »

Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) this week voted in support of H.R. 4038, the American Security Against Foreign Enemies (SAFE) Act. Read more »

Our military fights for each and every one of us on a daily basis. Vetoing this common sense and bipartisan bill is a grave injustice to our brave men and women in uniform, said Congressman Guthrie. Read more »

Iran continues to prove they cannot be trusted. It is only right that we continue to enforce these important sanctions and fight for the lives and legacies of our fellow Americans, said Congressman Guthrie. Read more »

Congressman Brett Guthrie today issued the following statement after voting on a series of bills relating to President Obama's deal with Iran: Read more »

Congressman Brett Guthrie today issued the following statement following the U.S. Army's announcement to cut 40,000 troops by the end of 2017: Read more »

Over the past year I have heard loud and clear from Kentuckians who have serious concerns about the government's bulk collection of phone data. This bipartisan national security bill addresses those concerns by stopping bulk data collection and barring large-scale, indiscriminate searches of phone records, said Congressman Guthrie. Read more »