U.S. Congressman Fred Upton

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  • THE HILL: Republicans Offer a Prescription for a Healthier America
    Dec 1, 2010  - By Rep. Fred Upton (MI) and Rep. Joe Pitts (PA) - As House Republicans prepare to assume the majority, we must also prepare to promote a strong agenda that encourages job growth and shrinks government. We can think of no better way to begin than by immediately repealing and replacing the Democra... More
  • POLITICO: Energy Change Isn't Easy for a Reason
    Dec 1, 2010  - By Republican Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee - With a new congressional session comes a recycling of the old proposal to raid the jurisdiction of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. This seems a bizarre moment to advance the idea that a group, which didn’t stand up to th... More
  • Upton Urges FCC to Cease and Desist on Net Neutrality
    Dec 1, 2010  - Congressman Fred Upton (R-Michigan), senior member and former chairman of the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, made the following statement in regard to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski’s expressed intention to regulate the Interne... More
  • Upton Blasts Administration's Offshore Drilling Moratorium
    Dec 1, 2010  - Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today expressed disappointment in response to the Obama Administration's expanding its offshore drilling moratorium.  Upton, co-chair of the American Energy Solutions Group, strongly supports an “all of the abov... More
  • ROLL CALL: Don’t Dilute Energy and Commerce Clout
    Nov 30, 2010  - By Rep. Fred Upton (MI-06) - The voters have spoken, and they want a new Washington. Congressional Republicans have heard that message loud and clear: The Obama/Pelosi experiment has failed, and the American people want an end to their job-killing policies. Republicans understand the people’s... More
  • Upton & Whitfield Alarmed EPA Boiler Rule Change will Cost Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs - Reps. Urge Commerce Secretary to Release Pivotal Economic Analysis
    Nov 30, 2010  - U.S. Reps. Fred Upton (MI-06) and Ed Whitfield (KY-01), senior Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today called on the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to immediately release the department's economic impact analysis of EPA's Boiler Maximum Available Control Technology (MACT) rule.  Up... More
  • WASHINGTON TIMES: Reclaiming the Right to Oversight
    Nov 29, 2010  - By Rep. Fred Upton (MI-06) and Rep. Darrell Issa (CA-49) In his January 1989 farewell address to the nation, President Reagan warned, "Man is not free unless government is limited. ... There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands... More
  • POLITICO: Upton grills Chu over stimulus job creation
    Nov 24, 2010  - By Josh Voorhees - Fred Upton has yet to secure the Energy and Commerce chairmanship, but that hasn’t stopped the Michigan Republican from acting like he’s already got the gavel in hand. Yesterday, he sent a letter to Steven Chu quizzing the Energy secretary on the details of the roughly $40 bil... More
  • WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Rep. Fred Upton: A New Majority for America
    Nov 24, 2010  - Rep. Fred Upton (MI-06) - Voters have spoken. The failed policies of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and President Obama have been soundly rejected. Republicans have a clear mandate to cut the size of government, reduce spending and reverse costly job-killing regulations. The new Republic... More
  • Upton to Department of Energy: "Where Are the Jobs?"
    Nov 23, 2010  - Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is seeking answers from Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu on the impact the administration's $800 billion stimulus package had on jobs.  Despite repeated claims that the stimulus would keep the nation's ... More