By Rep. Fred Upton (MI-06) - One year ago today, the Obama administration declared the summer of 2010, “Recovery Summer.” Even as the unemployment rate soared to a staggering 9.8 percent, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner penned an out-of-touch oped entitled, “Welcome to the Recovery.” With the unemployment rate still hovering above 9 percent a year later, Democrats are finally singing a differe... Read more »

Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, participated in this morning’s Energy and Power Subcommittee hearing on pipeline safety. Upton is committed to moving meaningful, bipartisan legislation this summer to update and improve U.S. pipeline safety. “Pipeline safety is a serious matter of protecting human life and our environment,” said Upton. “Ou... Read more »

By Andrew Green - The long-stalled Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage facility the topic of a committee hearing in Washington this week. The repository had been planned as a place to stash all of the nation's spent nuclear fuel, but its completion has been bogged down by political dissent. Congressman Fred Upton took part in this week's hearing of the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy,... Read more »

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... 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 effo... 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 ... 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. Repub... 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... 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 b... 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 Prevent... Read more »