WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee today held a hearing on three bills introduced by Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02): The MODERN Labeling Act, Safeguarding Therapeutics Act, and the National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act.
“I was proud to introduce three bipartisan bills,” said Guthrie at the… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, has introduced the MODERN Labeling Act to modify how certain generic drug labels are updated.
Congressman Guthrie introduced this legislation with Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06).
“We live in a country with constant medical… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, and Congressman Eliot Engel (NY-16), senior member of the Health Subcommittee, today introduced the Safeguarding Therapeutics Act (H.R. 5663) to protect American consumers from counterfeit medical devices.
The Safeguarding… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, joined his fellow committee leaders in requesting information on what federal agencies are doing to advance Alzheimer’s Disease treatments and cures.
Guthrie, Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Rep. Greg Walden (OR-02),… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, today led a hearing on state-level responses to the ongoing opioid epidemic.
“Our local communities are suffering. On average, 130 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose and opioids were involved in 47,600 overdose deaths… Read more »
UPDATE: The Lower Insulin Costs Now Act was included in the Fiscal Year 2020 Appropriations package and was signed into law by President Trump on Friday, December 20, 2019.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, this week introduced the bipartisan Lower Insulin… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the House of Representatives passed two Fiscal Year 2020 appropriations packages. This legislation included funding for Congressman Brett Guthrie’s (KY-02) Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers Act.
“Last year, I was proud to introduce the Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers Act, a bill that will help Kentuckians access a full range of treatments for opioid-use… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and a senior member of the committee’s Health Subcommittee, this week urged his colleagues to consider legislation that will lower prescription drug prices without sacrificing innovation and research into new cures.
This week, the… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, has joined his fellow committee leaders in pressing insurance companies for answers on their role in the rising cost of insulin at the pharmacy counter.
In letters to Anthem, Blue Cross Blue Shield, CVS Health, Cigna Corporation,… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02)’s bill, the Secure and Trusted Communications Act (H.R. 4998), was approved yesterday by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce in a full committee markup.
Congressman Guthrie introduced the bipartisan Secure and Trusted Communications Act along with Reps. Greg Walden (OR-02), Frank Pallone (NJ-06), and Doris Matsui (CA-06) to… Read more »
