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  • Upton Recognized for Supporting Small Business
    Oct 9, 2012 - The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) has honored Representative Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) with its prestigious “Guardian of Small Business Award” for his legislative work on behalf of small business owners in the 112th Congress. Among other issues, Upton was recognized for his lead... More
  • TRI-CITY RECORD: Bipartisan Push to End Taxpayer Funding of Political Conventions
    Oct 4, 2012 - By Rep. Fred Upton - Every four years, our nation’s major political parties come together for their respective presidential nominating conventions, like those recently held in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Tampa, Florida. Long a part of the American political system, these largely symbolic gatherin... 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
  • Upton Coauthors “No More Solyndras Act” – Committee Hearing TODAY
    Jul 12, 2012 - Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) this week released the text of their draft bill the “No More Solyndras Act.” The legislation is a product of the committee’s investigation i... More
  • Upton Statement on Obamacare Ruling
    Jun 28, 2012 - Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the health care law: “While I certainly disagree with the Supreme Court’s opinion, it does not change the American people’s opinion t... More
  • TRI-CITY RECORD: House Budget Offers Path to Economic Prosperity
    Apr 5, 2012 - By Rep. Fred Upton - Today, our national debt has grown beyond $15.5 trillion – nearly $5 trillion more than three years ago when President Obama first took office. Growing at such an out-of-control rate, our debt poses a serious threat to both our national security and economic prosperity. Unfortun... More
  • Upton, House Vote to Pass Budget
    Mar 29, 2012 - Today, Congressman Upton (R- St. Joseph) voted in support of the House budget proposal (H.Con.Res. 112) for Fiscal Year 2013. The resolution passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 228 to 191 and now awaits consideration in the Senate, which has failed to adopt a budget for over 1000 d... More
  • Upton Hails House Passage of Line-Item Veto
    Feb 8, 2012 - Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) praised today’s House passage of bipartisan legislation to give the President of the United States the power of the line-item veto. Upton, who is a cosponsor of today’s legislation, has long championed the presidential line-item veto as a means of reducing feder... 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 Asks Southwest Michigan to Share Their Ideas for Cutting the Nation’s Deficit
    Sep 15, 2011 - Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) is asking people of southwest Michigan to share their ideas for cutting federal spending and reducing the national debt. Upton is one of twelve members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, a bipartisan, bicameral panel tasked with finding at least... More