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Guthrie and Schrader Bipartisan Bill to Lower Drug Costs Signed Into Law

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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, each released a statement after their bipartisan solution to help lower drug costs was signed into law. Guthrie and Schrader introduced the Protecting Access to Safe and Effective Medicines…

Guthrie Selected to Lead Congressional Task Force on Health Care

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, has been selected by House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) to lead the Healthy Future Task Force. Guthrie will co-lead the House Republican health care task force with Congressman Devin Nunes (CA-22), who serves as Republican Leader of the Ways and…

Guthrie Joins Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Improve Quality of Life of People with Limb Loss

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) joined Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) in introducing the Triple A Study Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. This bill aims to improve the lives of people with limb loss and prevent limb loss by directing a study from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to better understand factors that impact patient outcomes.…

Guthrie Supports Fentanyl Analogues Ban to Protect Americans From Overdoses

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, spoke on the House floor to support scheduling fentanyl analogues. Guthrie is a cosponsor of the Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act, which would put fentanyl analogues permanently on the Drug Enforcement Administration’s…

Guthrie Introduces Bill to Lower Drug Costs and Protect Innovation

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, introduced the Lower Costs, More Cures Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Lower Costs, More Cures Act is made of all bipartisan provisions, and last Congress, more than a dozen solutions from this bill were signed into law. “I introduced the…

Guthrie, Bipartisan E&C Health Leaders Urge HHS to Enforce Hospital Transparency Rule

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra this week…

Guthrie Joins Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers in Introducing New Bill to Improve Care for Alzheimer’s Patients

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) this week joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in introducing a comprehensive new bill to help families across the country dealing with Alzheimer’s disease. The Comprehensive Care for Alzheimer’s Act would help the 95% of individuals with dementia that have one or more other chronic conditions, such as hypertension, heart disease and…

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 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…