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

Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) today praised Senate passage of House legislation that repeals the harmful 1099 tax reporting requirement from the healthcare overhaul. Upton is an original cosponsor of the House bill – H.R. 4, the Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011 – which today passed the Senate by a vote of 87 to 12, after having passed the House 314 to 112 on March 3. The bill now heads to the White House in order for the President to sign the bill into law. The Ob... 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

The United States Chamber of Commerce has presented Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) with its prestigious “Spirit of Enterprise” award for his strong support for a pro-economic growth legislative agenda in the second session of the 111th Congress. Among other things, Upton was recognized for his strong support of extending tax relief for working families and small businesses as well as for standing firmly against overreaching regulations and job-destroying mandates. “The Chamber is honored ... Read more

By Rep. Fred Upton - People are already angry about high gas prices. But they really get steamed when they learn how much their own government is contributing to the problem. It’s time for Congress to impose a cease-fire in the Obama administration’s war on lower gasoline prices. A host of factors affect the price of gas. Some, like the upheaval in Libya, are outside our control. But federal laws and regulations that increase energy costs are another matter. They were made in Washington — and ca... Read more

Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, made the following opening statement at today’s Health Subcommittee hearing, which considered the costs that will be imposed through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf, CMS Chief Actuary Rick Foster, economists, and job creators testified on the true cost of the healthca... Read more

By U.S. Rep. Fred Upton - We continue to endure tough times here in southwest Michigan and across the country. Unemployment remains high as gas prices hurtle toward $4 a gallon. And yet, despite our economic maladies, there are unelected bureaucrats in Washington furiously working on regulations that will not only circumvent Congress, but will send more manufacturing jobs overseas and increase costs at the pump. During the last Congress, legislation was introduced to regulate greenhouse gases th... Read more

Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) yesterday completed a three-day series of 18 public listening sessions that included stops in Allegan, Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, and Van Buren counties. The events, which were held from March 22-24, were attended by thousands of southwest Michigan residents. The listening tour allowed constituents to share their views with Upton on issues facing Michigan and the country. Some of the federal matters that were discussed included jobs and the econom... Read more

Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) was recognized this afternoon by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) with the organization’s Award for Manufacturing Legislative Excellence. Upton was presented the award on behalf of southwest Michigan manufacturers. “We’ve lost one in five manufacturing jobs in America the last few years. Almost half those jobs lost were in Michigan. We need to pursue policies that turn things around. I’m very happy to receive this award which recognizes my con... Read more

The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), yesterday passed the Energy Tax Prevention Act (H.R. 910) and H.J.Res. 37, a congressional resolution disapproving the Federal Communications Commission’s Internet rules. These bills are designed to rein in overreaching federal regulators by setting aside controversial Internet rules and stopping the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from driving up energy prices and shipping U.S. jobs overseas. “I applaud the commit... Read more