Brett is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (’87) and a veteran of the U.S. Army. Brett served as an Artillery Officer in the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at Fort Campbell. He was honorably discharged from the military after the end of the Cold War and then earned a Master’s Degree from Yale in Public and Private Management.

In Washington, Brett serves as the chairman and top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. In this position, he leads the fight for lower energy costs, lower health care costs, keeping the government out of the doctor-patient relationship, and loosening regulation for American businesses. He is also championing legislation that protects consumer privacy online.

Brett Guthrie is known for delivering results and has passed legislation dealing with ending the terror of child trafficking, protecting the newborn hearing screening program, rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse in the health care industry, ensuring teachers get the best training they can before entering the workforce, saving Fort Knox’s energy security program, supporting manufacturers of energy-efficient products from Washington bureaucrats, and clearing the way for better, faster, and responsible wireless technology for consumers and high-tech industries.

Brett is married to the former Beth Clemmons. They have three children: Caroline (married to Ryan Randolph), Robbie, and Elizabeth, and one granddaughter (the daughter of Caroline and Ryan). The Guthrie family resides in Bowling Green, Kentucky.