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  • Upton Announces Subcommittee Chairs and Vice Chairs for the 113th Congress
    Nov 28, 2012 - After once again being selected by his colleagues to serve as Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced the committee leadership he intends to appoint for the 113th Congress and commented on key priorities for the future. Rep. Lee Terr... More
  • TRI-CITY RECORD: Committee Report Details Work in 112th Congress
    Oct 18, 2012 - Last week, I proudly released a report highlighting the legislative work of the House Energy and Commerce Committee thus far in 2012. The report details a record of accomplishment on issues where our committee has been able to make strides toward the overall goal of creating a more efficient, limite... More
  • Upton Releases 2nd Quarter Report
    Jul 16, 2012 - Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today released a report on the committee’s activities from the 2nd quarter of the 2nd Session of the 112th Congress. The report, the sixth such quarterly report that has been issued by Upton, was delivered to... More
  • MICHIGAN BUSINESS REVIEW: Facebook, U.S. Chamber of Commerce holding Small Business Boost in Kalamazoo, St. Joseph
    Apr 3, 2012 - By Yvonne Zipp Reaching customers 140 characters at a time may not come naturally for every business in Kalamazoo. Even companies with active Facebook pages can't rest on their number of likes, with sites like Pinterest growing faster than you can push a virtual pin into an online bulletin board. Wh... More
  • Upton Praises Passage of Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act
    Dec 13, 2011 - Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) praised this evening’s House passage of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act (H.R. 3630). Among other things, this legislation extends payroll tax cuts and unemployment benefits while preventing scheduled cuts to Medicare payments for physicians. H.R... More
  • Upton Applauds Passage of Job-Creating Free Trade Agreements
    Oct 12, 2011 - Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI) voted in support of the three Free Trade Agreements (FTA), South Korea (H.R. 3080), Panama (H.R. 3079) and Columbia (H.R. 3078). The South Korea FTA passed the House by a vote of 278 - 151. The Panama FTA passed the House by a vote of 300 - 129. The Columbia FTA passed ... More
  • TRI-CITY RECORD: Energy and Commerce: A Jobs Agenda
    Jul 14, 2011 - With June’s national unemployment rate above 9 percent, we must remain focused on policies that create jobs and help put our economy back on track. In the past six months as Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, I have continued to advance an agenda that puts Michigan’s working famili... More
  • Upton Outlines Energy and Commerce Accomplishments in First Six Months of 112th Congress
    Jul 8, 2011 - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) yesterday released a progress report on the committee’s work in the first half of the year, revealing that the panel has produced legislation to save taxpayers close to $90 billion, protect nearly 4 million jobs from being destroyed... More
  • THE HILL: Wireless broadband, spectrum policy to play a vital role in U.S. job creation
    Jun 13, 2011 - By Rep. Fred Upton (MI-06) - With last month’s bleak jobs report, the economy and job creation remain Americans’ top concerns. Rather than another failed tax, spend and borrow stimulus project, the House Energy and Commerce Committee is exploring ways to empower job creators, maximize American resou... More
  • THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Net Neutrality Override
    Apr 12, 2011 - The Obama Administration continues to ignore court decisions on Internet regulation and use agencies like the Federal Communications Commission to circumvent Congress. We're happy to see House Republicans vote to overrule this behavior. Two days before Christmas, the FCC issued "net neutrality" rule... More