Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), incoming Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, joined Reps. Greg Walden (R-OR) and Lee Terry (R-NE), incoming Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, respectively, in pledging immediate action in the new Congress to fight the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) action to regulate the Internet. Reps. Upton, Walden and Terry will look toward the Congressional Review Act of 1996 (CRA) to fight the FCC's act... Read more

By John Eggerton - "The FCC has overstepped its bounds and we intend to put a bridle on them and rein them in," said Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), expressing the views of the new Republican leadership on key FCC oversight committees. That came in a Tuesday conference call with reporters about the FCC's 3-2 party line vote to expand and codify network neutrality guidelines. Walden, incoming chair of the House Communications Subcommittee, was joined by Energy & Commerce Committee Chair Fred Upton (R-... Read more

By Sara Jerome - House Republicans are promising a swift reaction to the Federal Communication Commission's net-neutrality rules that could get off the ground as soon as January. Incoming House Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (Mich.) said in a press conference on Tuesday that his committee is planning multiple hearings to beat back regulations the FCC approved Tuesday. The regulations, which aim to prevent phone and cable companies from toying with Internet traffic, have stoked virtually unanimous ... Read more

Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), incoming Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, joined Reps. Greg Walden (R-OR) and Lee Terry (R-NE), incoming Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, respectively, in a joint letter urging Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski for greater transparency as the Commission considers rules to regulate the Internet. Upton, Walden, and Terry are concerned that codification and enforcemen... Read more

By Tony Romm - The trio of House Republicans who will hold top tech leadership positions next year excoriated the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday for failing to make the text of its Net neutrality order public. The latest to add their voices to the calls for transparency are Michigan Rep. Fred Upton, who will soon chair the Energy and Commerce Committee, and Reps. Greg Walden of Oregon and Lee Terry of Nebraska, who will be the chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the chamb... Read more

As the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) enters the final stages of its review of the Comcast-NBC Universal transaction, Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), incoming Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is urging Chairman Julius Genachowski to ensure the Commission remains committed to a fair, transparent process. Upton believes unnecessary delays in the Commission’s review and ruling on the merger would cause further economic uncertainty for businesses looking to invest, innova... Read more

The House Republican Steering Committee today selected Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI) to be the next Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Upton, who has served on the Energy and Commerce Committee since 1991, made the following statement upon learning of the Steering Committee vote. "I look forward to standing shoulder to shoulder with Speaker Boehner, Leader Cantor, Whip McCarthy and the entire Republican Conference as we repeal Obamacare, fight rampant job-killing regulations, c... Read more

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 Internet. "The relentless push towards net neutrality reveals this administration and the FCC remain tone deaf to the will of the American people. First it was cap-and-trade, then health care, and now they h... Read more

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 response to various press reports that the FCC is gearing up to circumvent Congress in regulating broadband. “I hope that the only turkey cooking next week will be in our kitchens on Thanksgiving and not at the FCC. I am alarmed and disappointed with press reports indicating the FCC will blatantly seek to circumvent Congr... Read more

By Sara Jerome - If he becomes the top Republican on the Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) has vowed to make Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski a regular in Congress as the committee makes FCC oversight a central piece of its agenda. “After two years of inaction, the Energy and Commerce Committee will be quite active in fulfilling the oversight responsibilities our Founding Fathers expected. The FCC will be prominently featured and Chairman... Read more