Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today reiterated his call for the continued development of the Yucca Mountain repository for the safe, permanent storage of the nation’s spent nuclear fuel. Upton is a longtime supporter of safe nuclear power to meet the nation’s growing energy needs. His southwest Michigan district is home to the D.C. Cook and Palisades nuclear generating stations, which locally employ nearly 2,000 people and account for... Read more

Yesterday afternoon, Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) visited Eaton Corp’s Vehicle Group in Galesburg for an update on the division’s developments in revolutionary vehicle technologies as well as to discuss the impact of federal policies on local job growth and innovation. Upton has been a strong supporter of Eaton, having worked closely with the company for many years to assist in their efforts to build safer, more fuel efficient vehicles and create jobs in southwest Michigan. Upton serves... Read more

Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, praised the Subcommittee on Energy and Power for its passage of bipartisan legislation to allow for expanded energy exploration in the Alaskan Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). More specifically, the Jobs and Energy Permitting Act would streamline the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) permitting process and eliminate needless regulatory delays that have prevented energy development in these waters. The... Read more

By John Collins Rudolf - The nation’s vast stockpiles of nuclear waste never made it to Yucca Mountain, but the now-defunct $15 billion project is still radioactive — politically, that is. In 2009, the Obama administration withdrew a construction license to complete the Nevada repository, then zeroed out funding for the site, laid off workers and shut down the project’s offices in Las Vegas. Republicans challenged the move, calling it driven by short-term political calculations, not concern over... Read more

Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today praised House passage of legislation, H.R. 1230, to increase America’s domestic energy production by proceeding with already-scheduled oil and natural gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and offshore Virginia. By focusing on the resources we have here at home, America can fortify its energy security while creating jobs for struggling Michigan families and protecting them from skyrocketing gas and ... Read more

By Rep. Fred Upton (MI-06) - Some in Washington insist that our nation’s environmental concerns are at odds with our economic ones. They say job protection must be sacrificed for clean air and water, or healthy economic growth cannot exist with healthy families and communities. In fact, if our goal is to do right by the planet, we ought to keep energy production and manufacturing here in America by striking an appropriate regulatory balance. If environmental rules end up chasing jobs overseas to... Read more

The U.S. House of Representatives today passed bipartisan legislation coauthored by Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which would protect jobs and keep gas and energy prices low by preventing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating the emission of greenhouse gases to address climate change. H.R. 910, the Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011, passed the House this afternoon by a vote of 255 - 172. The bill now moves to the S... Read more

The Energy Tax Prevention Act, H.R. 910, is designed to stop the EPA from using the Clean Air Act to unilaterally impose greenhouse gas regulations to address climate change. Unless Congress intervenes, the EPA’s efforts to impose a cap-and-trade agenda threaten to drive gas prices even higher, increase utility rates, send manufacturing jobs overseas, and hamstring our economic recovery. Read Upton’s remarks online HERE. View video HERE. Read more

Vol. 45, No. 1 By Rep. Fred Upton - Job creation. It is a simple goal, but in practice, one that Washington lost sight of in the last few years. Well, no more. Cap-and-trade legislation failed in the last Congress, but now we face the threat of Environmental Protection Agency bureaucrats imposing the same agenda through a series of new regulations. We must not allow this Administration to regulate what they have been unable to legislate. Make no mistake, a greenhouse gas regulatory regime has th... Read more

By Andrew Restuccia - Top House Republicans are launching an investigation into the Obama administration's decision to abandon plans to store the country's nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.), the chairman of the panel’s environment subcommittee, said Thursday the investigation will focus on the administration’s motivations for ending funding for the project and withdrawing its license. There ... Read more