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Guthrie, Eshoo Raise Concerns on FDA Backlog of Cell and Gene Therapy Applications

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) and Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (CA-16), who serve as the Chair and Ranking Member, respectively, of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health, sent a letter to Dr. Peter Marks, the director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), on the backlog of cell and…

Guthrie Helps Introduce Bill to Improve Seniors Access to Breakthrough Medical Products

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), who serves as the Chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health, helped introduce the Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act. “Breakthrough medical devices can give patients a better quality of life and even save lives. That’s why it’s important to ensure seniors can more quickly access…

Guthrie: Empowering patients through price transparency

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), who serves as Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health, penned an op-ed in the Washington Examiner on how to empower patients and lower costs through greater price transparency in the health care system. In the op-ed, Guthrie previews a Subcommittee on Health hearing on March 28, 2023, to examine…

Guthrie, E&C Republicans Support Bill to Declassify ALL COVID-19 Origins Reports

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (KY-02), full committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (VA-09), and Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Chair Jeff Duncan (SC-03) released the following statement after the House passed S. 619, a bill to…

Guthrie Introduces Bill to Reauthorize Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) and U.S. Representatives Scott Peters (CA-50), Larry Bucshon, M.D. (IN-08), and Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) introduced the Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers Reauthorization Act of 2023 to reauthorize a comprehensive opioid recovery centers program. “The need for wrap-around, coordinated treatment and recovery support resources for people…

Guthrie Speaks in Support of the Pandemic is Over Act on House Floor

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), who serves as the Chair of the Health Subcommittee on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, spoke on the House floor on the Pandemic is Over Act, a bill to end the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), ahead of the bill’s vote. Click HERE to watch Rep. Guthrie’s House floor…

Guthrie Bill to End the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Passes House

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), who serves as the Chair of the Health Subcommittee on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement after the Pandemic is Over Act, a bill to end the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), passed the House. “The People’s House sent President Biden a clear message: The COVID-19 pandemic is over, and it’s…

Guthrie Statement on Biden’s COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Announcement

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), who serves as the Chair of the Health Subcommittee on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement after the White House announced President Biden will end the COVID-19 public health emergency on May 11, 2023. “On the eve of the Pandemic is Over Act going on the House floor, President Biden finally…

Guthrie Chosen to Chair E&C Health Subcommittee

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) today was selected to serve as the Chair of the Health Subcommittee on the House Energy and Commerce Committee for the 118th Congress. “Thank you to Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers for selecting me to serve as the Chair of the Health Subcommittee on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. It is an honor and…

Guthrie, Dean Reintroduce Bill To Address Nursing Home Workforce Shortages

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) and Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (PA-04) reintroduced the Building America’s Health Care Workforce Act, a bill to help reinforce America’s nursing home workforce. “Quality care for seniors in nursing homes continues to be threatened by historic workforce losses in nursing homes. I reintroduced the Building America’s Health Care…