Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, made the following opening statement at today’s Energy and Power Subcommittee and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee joint hearing with Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Gregory Jaczko. Originally scheduled to examine the FY 2012 Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission budgets, the hearing provided an opportunity for Congress to formall... Read more

By Emily Miller - The House and Senate Republicans both moved forward on Tuesday to stop the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating greenhouse emissions. The Obama administration has started implementing new regulations which tax businesses and raise gas prices for consumers to pursue its climate change agenda. The House Energy and Commerce Committee passed the Energy Tax Prevention Act (H.R. 910) on Tuesday by a vote of 34-19. Three Democrats on the committee supported the bill: ... Read more

The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power took a strong stand today in support of jobs and against higher gasoline and energy costs by approving H.R. 910, the Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011. The bipartisan measure passed by voice vote, and no amendments were offered. The bill now moves to the full Energy and Commerce Committee for consideration, with a markup scheduled for early next week, commencing with opening statements Monday afternoon. “The Energy Tax Prevention Act is no... Read more

U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., praised House passage of the Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011 (H.R. 4), which repeals the harmful 1099 tax reporting requirement from the health care overhaul. The legislation, of which Upton is an original cosponsor, passed the House by a vote of 314 to 112. “American small businesses should be focused on local job creation, not complying with costly, burdensome mandates coming out of Washington,” said Upton. “These new requirements under t... Read more

Republican and Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday introduced the Energy Tax Prevention Act (H.R. 910), a bill to block EPA’s controversial backdoor climate change agenda that would further drive up the price of energy for American consumers and job creators at a time when gas prices are already spiking and job creation remains weak. The bill is narrowly drawn to clarify the EPA’s authority under the Clean Air Act, preserving the law’s important and longstanding fun... Read more

U.S. Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph), along with 21 other Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, yesterday introduced the Stop Asian Carp Act, H.R. 892. The legislation will require the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct and expedite a study detailing engineering options to determine the best way to permanently separate the Mississippi River Basin from Lake Michigan and prevent Asian carp and other invasive species from entering the Great Lakes. In the U.S. Senate, Senator Debb... Read more

Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) today praised House passage of the Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011 (H.R. 4), which repeals the harmful 1099 tax reporting requirement from the healthcare overhaul. The legislation, of which Upton is an original cosponsor, passed the House by a vote of 314 to 112. “American small businesses should be focused on local job creation, not complying with costly, burdensome mandates coming out of Washington,” said Upton. “These new requirem... Read more

By Amanda Carey - After weeks of talk, legislation was introduced into the House and Senate Thursday afternoon to repeal Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulations of greenhouse gases, or what proponents are calling “backdoor cap-and-trade.” The Energy Tax Prevention Act clarifies the EPA’s authority to regulate gases like carbon emissions under the Clean Air Act. The bill was introduced by Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, along with Republi... Read more

For months, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has basked in the glory as the chairman with the oversight power to conduct wide-ranging investigations and issue subpoenas. But federal agencies have learned in recent weeks that the chairman who can impose real pain is Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), the aw-shucks head of the Energy and Commerce Committee. In just the first six weeks, Upton’s hearings and investigations have been relentless and wide ranging. For starters, they have pursued the more than 900 ... Read more

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement today in response to President Obama’s FY 2012 budget request: “Our fiscal situation is dire, and our need for policies that promote job creation is urgent. In the last two years we have seen stunning growth in the size and scope of the federal government, and with it, a similarly dramatic increase in government spending and red ink. Job creators have been pushed to the economic sidelines because of the... Read more