KALAMAZOO, MI – Congressman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, invites residents of the Sixth Congressional District to share the spirit of the season with cards to our active duty military personnel, their families, and our veterans through the Red Cross Holiday Mail for Heroes program. “Anyone can make a card or write a note to let our brave men and women in uniform, their families, and our veterans know that we care, appreciate their service, and wish them well during the holiday season,” said Upton. ... Read more

ST. JOSEPH, MI – Congressman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, today released the following statement on the unsolicited, hostile takeover bid of Perrigo Company from Mylan. “Perrigo Company has been an integral part of our community and economy since 1887. Southwest Michigan is a perfect home for companies like Perrigo that do innovative, forward-thinking, 21st century work. Any move that jeopardizes these good-paying, local jobs raises serious red flags. I’ve visited Perrigo more than a dozen times in... Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, released the following statement after Congressman Paul Ryan met with members of the Tuesday Group, a caucus of the House Republican Conference. Upton is a founding member and the group focuses on crafting constructive solutions for challenges facing the American people. “Paul Ryan has the ability to lead and help bring our Conference together. Paul’s strong background is uniting all the factions within our party so that we can get back to... Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, released the following statement after President Obama vetoed the 2016 Fiscal Year National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). “President Obama’s veto of the bipartisan NDAA threatens our men and women in uniform, their families, and our military strength,” said Upton. “It’s unacceptable that our Commander-in-Chief would choose partisan politics over doing the right thing for our military – especially given the world is in such turmoil. The... Read more

Will Ibrahim Parlak’s torture ever end? On Nov. 3, he is once again ordered to report to U.S immigration authorities in Detroit for questioning. He fears what’s coming. Is there some unforgiving functionary deep in the bowels of the federal bureaucracy who will never accept that Homeland Security screwed up in fingering this decent man for deportation in the first place? I’ve written about Ibrahim since 2005. He is the owner of a Middle Eastern restaurant, Cafe Gulistan, in the Michigan resort t... Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, today joined the majority of his House colleagues in advancing legislation, H.R. 702 – To Adapt to Changing Crude Oil Market Conditions, that would lift the 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports. According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, lifting this ban would generate $1.4 billion in profits to the federal government during the next 10 years from oil and gas leases. Additionally, data from the Government Accountability Offi... Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, today released the following statement after the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a nationwide stay to block the Environment Protection Agency’s (EPA) enforcement of its final Waters of the United State (WOTUS) rule. “I applaud the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals decision today that, for the moment, protects states from the implementation of the EPA’s final WOTUS rule,” Upton said. “We all want clean water, but this ill-advised g... Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, today gave the following opening statement at an Energy and Commerce Committee subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on “Volkswagen’s Emissions Cheating Allegations: Initial Questions.” To watch the video please click here To read Upton’s statement in full, and to learn more about the investigation, please click here. Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, today joined by his colleagues in the House of Representatives, passed the Conference Report to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2016. The legislation was advanced by a bipartisan vote of 270-156 and now heads to the U.S. Senate and then the president’s desk. “Voting to support our brave men and women in uniform as well as their families is one of the easiest votes we have to make,” said Upton, who also chairs ... Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, today joined by his colleagues on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, advanced key energy legislation to the House floor. H.R. 8, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act was approved by the full committee by a bipartisan vote of 32- 20. Today’s vote marks another important milestone in the multi-year, multi-Congress effort to modernize the nation’s energy laws. “Today’s vote that says ‘yes to energy’ marks an importa... Read more