After once again being selected by his colleagues to serve as Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced the committee leadership he intends to appoint for the 113th Congress and commented on key priorities for the future. Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE) will succeed Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) leading the Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee and Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA) will take the helm of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommit... Read more

Click here to watch Fred's opening statement At this morning’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing, U.S. Representative Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) expressed his outrage over the ongoing fungal meningitis outbreak and called for the full cooperation of all involved parties to ensure such a tragedy never happens again. The investigative hearing examined the facts surrounding the current outbreak, the history of complaints associated with the culpable drug compounding facility, and the... Read more

Continuing his committee’s investigation of the deadly meningitis outbreak, U.S. Representative Fred Upton (R- St. Joseph), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today joined other committee leaders in announcing the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will convene a hearing on Wednesday, November 14, 2012. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg is scheduled to testify. The subcommittee has also invited James Coffey, Director of the Massachusetts... Read more

Last week, I proudly released a report highlighting the legislative work of the House Energy and Commerce Committee thus far in 2012. The report details a record of accomplishment on issues where our committee has been able to make strides toward the overall goal of creating a more efficient, limited government that provides the necessary conditions for job creation and economic growth. In a year when many would suggest that Congress is hopelessly gridlocked, our committee has continued the long... Read more

By Ted Yoakum Staff Reporter Yet another milestone has been reached on the way to the opening of Western Michigan University’s School of Medicine, as the school announced this morning that it had reached preliminary accreditation status. The announcement was made during the groundbreaking ceremony for the upcoming renovation project to the former MPI Research facility in downtown Kalamazoo, which was donated to the school last year. Over 100 members of the community attended the event, including... Read more

By Rep. Fred Upton - We come together this October as a nation of loved ones, patients, and survivors in recognition of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. For more than 25 years, this month has served as an annual call for all Americans to take action in the fight against this life-threatening disease by promoting greater public awareness, information sharing, and regular clinical checkups. While significant advancements have been made over the past decades in the early detection and treatm... Read more

U.S. Representative Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has requested bipartisan briefings from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding the recent fungal meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated spinal steroid injections. A briefing has also been requested from the New England Compounding Center (NECC) of Framingham, Massachusetts, which federal officials have linked to the contaminated st... Read more

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) has honored Representative Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) with its prestigious “Guardian of Small Business Award” for his legislative work on behalf of small business owners in the 112th Congress. Among other issues, Upton was recognized for his leadership to protect America’s job creators from costly federal regulations; efforts to promote North American energy production to create jobs and reduce energy costs; opposition to the President’s heal... Read more

By Rep. Fred Upton - It has been more than four dec-ades since President Richard Nixon declared the “war on cancer” by signing into law the first of many major anti-cancer initiatives. While significant progress has been made in those forty years to reduce the mortality rate for many forms of cancer through improved understanding, greater public awareness, and advancements in treatment, much work still lies ahead in the fight against cancer and other hard-to-treat diseases. I am pleased to annou... Read more

Click here to watch Upton's floor statements Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives last night in strong support of legislation to advance vital health research. The two bipartisan bills – the Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act of 2012 (H.R. 733) and the National Pediatric Research Network Act of 2012 (H.R. 6163) – passed Upton’s Energy and Commerce Committee last week by voice vote and did the same yesterday before the full House. Upton is ho... Read more