Upton discusses repeal of job-killing health law on Fox News Sunday "As part of our pledge, we said that we would bring up a vote to repeal health care early. That will happen before the President's State of the Union Address. We have 242 Republicans. There will be a significant number of Democrats, I think, that will join us. You will remember when that vote passed in the House last March, it only passed by seven votes... Unpopularity numbers are as high as 60 percent across the country. I don... Read more

The Environmental Protection agency recently announced its timetable for regulating carbon emissions from power plants and oil refineries, which will begin next year. But its authority to impose these standards remains under challenge in the courts. U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, has proposed that the EPA at the very least wait until the court challenges are completed. Congress should make sure the EPA does so. The EPA, in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, has made a "finding" that g... Read more

By Rep. Fred Upton and Tim Phillips - On Jan. 2, the Environmental Protection Agency will officially begin regulating the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. This move represents an unconstitutional power grab that will kill millions of jobs -- unless Congress steps in. This mess began in April 2007, with the Supreme Court's decision in Massachusetts v. EPA. The court instructed the agency to determine whether greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide pose (or potentially pose) a d... Read more

Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), incoming Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, made the following statement today regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) latest push to establish greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution standards under the Clean Air Act in 2011. "To protect jobs and fortify our energy security, we should be working to bring more power online, not shutting plants down. We are woefully unprepared to meet our nation's growing energy demands, yet this administratio... Read more

By Ben Geman - The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) plan to set greenhouse gas emissions standards for power plants and refineries drew a quick threat from Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), the incoming chairman of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee. "We will not allow the administration to regulate what they have been unable to legislate — this Christmas surprise is nothing short of a backdoor attempt to implement their failed job-killing cap-and-trade scheme,” Upton said in a sta... Read more

Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), incoming Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today expressed concern with the announcement that the Oyster Creek Generating Station in New Jersey will be retired in 2019, ten years ahead of schedule, due to hundreds of millions of dollars in costs to comply with cooling water regulations. Last week, Upton called on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson for greater transparency as the agency considers action on cooling wat... Read more

Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), Chairman-elect of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued a joint letter this evening to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson on EPA's decision to delay its revision to the 2008 National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ozone. Inhofe and Upton wrote that they are "fully committed to conducting vigorous oversight on this matter, including ensuring that EPA conducts... Read more

Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), incoming Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, made the following statement today in regards to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement that it was delaying release of revised guidelines for ground-level ozone. Some estimates predict the new guidelines would result in nearly 7 million lost jobs and cost $1 trillion annually. "At a time of near double-digit unemployment, the EPA should stand down altogether from any action that will f... Read more

The House Republican Steering Committee today selected Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI) to be the next Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Upton, who has served on the Energy and Commerce Committee since 1991, made the following statement upon learning of the Steering Committee vote. "I look forward to standing shoulder to shoulder with Speaker Boehner, Leader Cantor, Whip McCarthy and the entire Republican Conference as we repeal Obamacare, fight rampant job-killing regulations, c... Read more

Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today called on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson for greater transparency as the agency considers action on cooling water intake structures at existing electric generation and manufacturing facilities. The potential costs to the economy could be devastating, up to $300 million per coal plant and $1 billion per nuclear plant, impacting hundreds of facilities and thousands of jo... Read more