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Guthrie, E&C Republican Leaders Launch Probe into Attempts by NIH’s Fauci and Collins to Suppress Debate and Information on COVID-19’s Origins

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent letters to National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Dr. Anthony Fauci and former National…

Guthrie Calls for Democrats to Work with Republicans on Combating Deadly Fentanyl Analogues

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), who serves at the top Republican of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, called for Democrats to work with Republicans on addressing illicit fentanyl-related substances, also known as fentanyl analogues, at a House Republican Leadership Stakeout press conference yesterday with House Republican Chairwoman Elise…

Guthrie Pushes to Keep Ban on Fentanyl-Related Substances

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) spoke on the House floor yesterday in support of the HALT Fentanyl Act. Guthrie is an original cosponsor of the HALT Fentanyl Act, which would permanently extend the class-wide scheduling of illicit fentanyl-related substances, also known as fentanyl analogues, and provide a streamlined process for researching possible clinical uses…

Guthrie, E&C Republican Leaders Question HHS Sec. Becerra on Being MIA for COVID-19 Response

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra on his lack of leadership during a public health…

Guthrie Leads Bipartisan Letter to Protect Popular Medicare Advantage Program

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), along with Representatives Tony Cárdenas (CA-29), Mike Kelly (PA-16), and Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), led a letter with 342 other bipartisan Members of Congress to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to express their strong support for the Medicare Advantage program, which provides…

Guthrie: President Biden deserves an ‘F’ for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), who serves as the top Republican of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, released the following statement on President Biden’s year of mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic. “President Trump had to start from scratch to fight COVID-19. Last year President Trump gifted President Biden Operation Warp Speed, which…

Guthrie Responds to Supreme Court Rulings on President Biden’s Overreaching Vaccine Mandates

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on President Biden’s vaccine mandates on health care workers and workers at private businesses with 100 employees or more.  “I’m happy to see the Supreme Court strike down President Biden’s private employer vaccine mandate that would have impacted 84 million…

Guthrie Responds to Federal Court Blocking Vaccine Mandate on Federal Contractors

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) released the following statement after a federal judge in Kentucky blocked President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate on federal contractors and subcontractors. “I’m pleased to see that my colleague Attorney General Daniel Cameron successfully argued for a preliminary injunction on President Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors…

Guthrie Responds to Federal Court Blocking Vaccine Mandate on Health Care Workers

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) released the following statement after a federal judge blocked President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate on health care workers. “The CDC recently found that about a third of health care workers at hospitals remain unvaccinated. This means we could lose millions of health care heroes if President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate is…

Guthrie Leads Bipartisan Letter to Provide Seniors Access to Innovative Medical Devices

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) along with Representatives Devin Nunes (CA-22), Anna Eshoo (CA-18), Suzan DelBene (WA-01), and 58 colleagues sent a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to express their disappointment with CMS’s decision to repeal the Medicare Coverage for Innovative Technology (MCIT) rule…