Fiscal Responsibility

H.R. 6213 would prohibit the Secretary of Energy from issuing any new loan guarantees for businesses under the Title XVII Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program. This program is how Solyndra received a federal loan guarantee that cost taxpayers $535 Read more »

Washington, DC – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) released the following statement Wednesday, January 18, 2012, on President Obama's decision against building the Keystone XL pipeline: Read more »

Washington, DC – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) continued his insistence that President Obama stop playing politics with America's energy security and certify TransCanada's application to build the Keystone XL pipeline. Read more »

Washington, DC – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) announced Tuesday, December 13, 2011, the House passed H.R. 3630, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011. Read more »

Washington, DC – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) announced Wednesday, December 7, 2011, the House passed H.R. 10, Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act. Read more »

Washington, DC – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) released the following statement, Tuesday, November 8, 2011, on the October jobs report released last week. The unemployment rate is 9 percent and the economy created 80,000 jobs in October, meani Read more »

Washington, DC – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) voted in favor of two bipartisan pieces of legislation aimed at addressing excessive regulatory burdens on job creators - H.R. 2250, the EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011 and H.R. 2681, the Cement Read more »

Washington, DC – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) was named a "Taxpayer Hero" by the Council of Citizens Against Government Waste. The group says they have examined the congressional voting record for the second session of the 111th Congress and Read more »

Washington, DC – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) voted in favor of H.R. 2401, the Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts to the Nation (TRAIN) Act, Friday, September 23, 2011. This bipartisan legislation would require an inter-agency committee to analyze the economic impacts of certain environmental regulations on American manufacturing, global competitiveness, energy prices and jobs. Read more »

Washington, DC – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) released the following statement Monday, August 1, 2011, on S. 365 - the agreement between the House and Senate that will reduce the deficit and avoid default. Congressman Guthrie voted in favor of the legislation. Read more »