Marking the 40th anniversary of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, U.S. Congressman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, today joined local and state leaders in the City of Plainwell to show how the federal program has benefited communities in Southwest Michigan. Upton began his visit with a walking tour of three major projects that CDBG funds have been used for, including demolition of the former Plainwell Paper Mill. The city bought the facility in 2006 after having sat vacant for six ... Read more

​Congressman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, announced today that Thomas Michael Crandell, of Kalamazoo, Mich., has been accepted to attend the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. Upton recommended Michael for selection to the prestigious service academy and has personally congratulated him on the appointment. Michael, the son of Charlene and Thomas Crandell, is a senior at Gull Lake High School and also attends the Kalamazoo Area Math and Science Center. “It is a pleasure to announce Michae... Read more

Autumn Roth, a senior at St. Joseph High School in Berrien County, on Thursday evening was named the winner of the Congressional Art Competition for Michigan’s Sixth District by Congressman Fred Upton, who represents the district. Roth won for her digital photograph titled Heard? Growing up as armed conflicts were waged in Afghanistan and Iraq, Roth said the idea for the image came from pictures she has seen of women covered head to foot in burkas. The title of the piece was inspired by the sayi... Read more

Upton: “The DOTCOM Act is a deliberate and transparent next step in this effort to ensure that freedom remains the principal tenet of the Internet.” Read more

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, applauded today’s Subcommittee on Energy and Power vote to approve legislation that would cut through the red tape blocking exports of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) to our global allies. H.R. 6, the Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act, grants immediate approval of complete export applications currently field with the U.S. Department of Energy and modifies the process moving forward to ensure exports to our allies ar... Read more

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, applauded President Obama today for signing the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act into law. The bill is the tenth Energy and Commerce Committee public health bill to become law in the 113th Congress (2013-2014). This law will redirect wasteful spending on political conventions to important pediatric research. “This law – part of Gabriella Miller’s incredible legacy – will help provide hope to kids and families all acro... Read more

Congressman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, joined a bipartisan majority of his House colleagues today in passing legislation that seeks to protect the nation’s most-vulnerable workers by restoring the federal definition of “full-time” work to 40 hours per week. The legislation – H.R. 2575, the Save American Workers (SAW) Act of 2014 – would repeal a provision of the health care law that changes the definition of “full-time” employment to 30 hours per week. The provision relates to the law’s “employer... Read more

Click here to watch Upton’s Q&A with EPA House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, today asked U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy about the agency’s ongoing work to address the cleanup of the Allied Superfund Site in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Upton has been joined by U.S. Senators Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow in backing city officials and local residents who want to see total removal of the decades-old PCB-contaminated site, which sit... Read more

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, today heard from General Motors (GM) CEO Mary Barra and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Acting Administrator David Friedman. The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing is part of the Committee’s ongoing investigation of GM’s and NHTSA’s response to consumer complaints related to stalling, airbag non-deployment, and ignition switch problems. GM has stated that the defects may have been linked ... Read more

Congressman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, issued the following statement today on Congressman Dave Camp, R-Midland, who announced he will retire at the end of this year: "Michigan is losing an outstanding Representative and leader with Dave Camp's retirement announcement today. Dave never shied away from the challenge of being a governing Republican. He has a long record in support of jobs and improving the nation's economy in everything he touched. “I will genuinely miss the strong partnership we h... Read more