Click here to view Congressman Guthrie’s questions. Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee’s Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee, questioned U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar about how HHS is helping people suffering from opioid use… Read more »
Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) and Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA-06), co-chairs of the Congressional Spectrum Caucus, today introduced the “SPECTRUM NOW Act” (H.R. 6017), which would enable government agencies to improve their spectral efficiency and effectiveness and make more spectrum available for commercial wireless use. Senate Commerce… Read more »
Washington, DC– Last week, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) and Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) advanced legislation that would help pregnant and postpartum women and their infants receive proper treatment for opioid dependency and opioid withdrawal. The bill passed unanimously by voice vote in the Energy and Commerce Committee.“When a pregnant woman is experiencing opioid use… Read more »
Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), vice chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, applauded full committee passage of his bill, the Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers Act of 2018. Following yesterday’s approval by the Energy and Commerce Committee, this bill can now advance to the House floor for a vote.Guthrie introduced… Read more »
Washington, DC– The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee this week approved Congressman Brett Guthrie’s (KY-02) bill, the Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers Act (H.R. 5327). This bill would help opioid addiction patients receive care specifically tailored to their individual needs by establishing treatment centers that offer a range of… Read more »
Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), vice chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, today released a statement following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announcement regarding plans to finalize guidance clarifying the scope of permissible communications between biopharmaceutical companies, health plans and similar… Read more »
Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) yesterday spoke on the House floor in support of two bills he has sponsored to help combat our nation’s opioid crisis.The Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers Act (H.R. 5327) would allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to treatment facilities in order to establish or operate comprehensive… Read more »
Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (R-KY-02), vice chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health, and Congressman Ben Ray Luján (D-NM-03) today introduced the Maternal Opioid Treatment, Health, Education and Recovery (MOTHER) Act of 2018.The bipartisan MOTHER Act will help health care providers better treat pregnant women with opioid… Read more »
Washington, DC– The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee today concluded a two-day hearing on over two dozen pieces of legislation to combat the ongoing opioid epidemic, including Congressman Brett Guthrie’s (KY-02) Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers Act of 2018 (H.R. 5327).Guthrie, vice chair of the Health Subcommittee, introduced this… Read more »
Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (R-KY), vice chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, and Congressman Gene Green (D-TX), ranking member of the Health Subcommittee, today introduced the Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers Act of 2018 (H.R. 5327). Guthrie and Green were joined by colleagues Congressmen Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) and Larry… Read more »
