WASHINGTON, D.C. – Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra this week regarding im... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) this week joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in introducing a comprehensive new bill to help families across the country dealing with Alzheimer’s disease. The Comprehensive Care for Alzheimer’s Act would help the 95% of individuals with dementia that have one or more other chronic conditions, such as hypertension, heart disease and diabetes.... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, and Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05), Health Subcommittee member, praised passage of their bipartisan solution to help lower drug costs in the House of Representatives. Guthrie and Schrader introduced the Protecting Access to Safe and Effective Medicines Act in the Ho... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, is working to reverse the substance use disorder crisis in the United States. Guthrie joined H.R. 1910, the Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act, to extend the fentanyl analogues ban permanently. Fentanyl and its analogues are synthetic opi... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), along with Congressman Hal Rogers (KY-05) and Congressman James Comer (KY-01), and U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) reintroduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, respectively, to help attract federal funding to the Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Expressway through a designation change. By designating Lo... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) joined Reps. Elise Stefanik (NY-21), Josh Harder (CA-10), Billy Long (MO-07), Cheri Bustos (IL-17), Vicky Hartzler (MO-04), Michael San Nicolas (GU-At Large), Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05), and Cindy Axne (IA-03) this week in reintroducing the Success for Rural Students and Communities Act. This bipartisan bill aims to help close the gap in postsecond... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) today announced applications are open for the annual Second District Congressional Art Competition. “The Second District Congressional Art Competition is officially underway, and I encourage high school students to show off their talent in this fun competition,” said Guthrie. “Each spring, I enjoy holding this district-wide event to see the extr... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Kentucky's Congressional Delegation sent a joint letter to President Joe Biden in support of Governor Andy Beshear's request for a federal Major Disaster Declaration for the Commonwealth of Kentucky following severe ice storms in February that left behind massive damage in several counties. "The arctic temperatures combined with the damaging ice and snow has caused dangerous roa... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) announced Western Kentucky University has received a $429,768 research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The grant was awarded to WKU to advance biology professor Noah Ashley’s research into how sleep loss from stress and other factors causes inflammation, which can lead to other diseases such cancer and cardiovascular disease.... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-05), Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01), and Congressman Glenn “GT” Thompson (PA-15) announced the introduction of the Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Patient-Centered Care Act. This bipartisan bill helps ensure that Medicare beneficiaries can access the orthotics and prosthetics devices they need. Unde... Read more »
