By Rep. Fred Upton - President Obama has sent his proposed $447 billion spending bill to Congress, which he promises will revive our economy from its chronic state of sedation. The President pledged that his new jobs plan “will provide a jolt to an economy that has stalled and give companies confidence that if they invest and hire, there will be customers for their products and services.” Regulations Stifle Job Growth Yet, while the President continues to preach job creation, his administration ... Read more

Today, Congressman Fred Upton (R- St. Joseph) voted in support of the Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts to the Nation Act, known as the TRAIN Act (H.R. 2401).The bill requires the President to establish a Committee to analyze and report on the cumulative and incremental impacts of rules and actions of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concerning air, waste, water, and climate change for each of the calendar years 2016, 2020, and 2030. The vote passed on a bipartisan vote of ... Read more

Yesterday, Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce committee participated in the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing to examine the involvement of the Department of Energy (DOE) and the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the review and approval of the $535 million loan guarantee to Solyndra, a California-based solar company. In 2009, Solyndra was the first company to receive a DOE loan guarantee funded through the Americ... Read more

Ask any person from Michigan what the greatest challenge facing our country today is and you will hear – not surprisingly – the same response again and again: jobs and the economy, jobs and the economy, jobs and the economy. As Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and more recently as a member of the bipartisan Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, I echo that sentiment, which is why job creation and American competitiveness have remained my focus here at home and back in ... Read more

By Rep. Fred Upton (MI-06) - Michigan’s working families and manufacturers have faced enormous challenges in recent years, as we now enter our thirty-first consecutive month of double-digit unemployment. While much has been done to turn our struggling economy around, last week’s Department of Labor jobless figures underscore the reality that we still have a ways to go on the road to recovery. American automakers in particular have faced more than their fair share of obstacles, but seem to be eme... Read more

By: Lori Ann LaRocco Believe it or not, Capitol Hill is not locked in a partisan battle on ever issue these days. In a vote earlier this week of 279-147, the House passed the North American-Made Energy Security Act. Introduced by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), the bill would expedite a final decision on the Presidential Permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. The expansion of the existing pipeline would bring oil from Alberta, Canada and North Dakota to U.S. refineries. Energy experts say the completion of... Read more

U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today lined up behind efforts by the House GOP leadership to prevent a default on U.S. debt by securing significant federal spending cuts and following the House’s “Cut, Cap, and Balance” framework to begin putting our fiscal house back in order. The two-step approach the House will consider calls for immediate spending reductions that exceed the preliminary increase in the national debt ceiling, as well as a longer-term strateg... Read more

Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, praised House passage of bipartisan legislation to create jobs, lower energy prices, and fortify American energy security by supporting the expansion of the Keystone XL pipeline. Upton is an original cosponsor of H.R. 1938, the North American-Made Energy Security (NAMES) Act of 2011, which would expedite a Presidential Permit for a 1,661-mile extension of the energy pipeline from Alberta, Canada to refine... Read more

U.S. Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI06), and U.S. Congressman John D. Dingell (D-MI15) were joined by Michigan Delegation colleagues yesterday in sending a letter to President Obama regarding the importance of one national program for vehicle emissions. Below is the text of the letter: Dear Mr. President: We write to you today on the issue of a single national program for vehicle fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions for model years 2017-2025. T... Read more

By Margaret Kriz Hobson, CQ Staff A White House proposal to boost vehicle fuel-economy standards is too aggressive and may go beyond what is technologically feasible, members of Michigan’s congressional delegation said in a letter to President Obama. The 16 lawmakers said that the targets could set back the auto industry’s recovery. “With the Michigan unemployment rate standing at 10.5 percent, we are unanimous in our concern about the consequences of an excessive proposal,” reads the letter, wh... Read more