Dear Friends, Thanks for all of your loyal support and hard work on my primary election campaign. Every effort counted in our decisive win. Victory on August 7 wouldn’t have happened without everyone on the team! Throughout the election we said this race was about jobs and the economy. At no time in our [...]
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Upton calls for briefing on deadly meningitis outbreak
October 12, 2012
Fred leads committee push for bipartisan briefings on the meningitis outbreak, which has already cost the lives of three Michigander. View the entire article here
Fred’s “No More Solyndras Act” passes the House
October 1, 2012
The House acted to protect Michigan taxpayers by passing Fred’s ‘No More Solyndras Act.’ Don’t miss Fred’s Washington Times op-ed on the Solyndra failure and the need for a national energy strategy.
RIVER COUNTRY JOURNAL: Upton commemorates anniversary of September 11th
September 11, 2012
From Congressman Fred Upton: Today marks the eleven year anniversary of the horrific attacks against our nation on the morning of September 11th, 2001. Even now – more than a decade later – the memories and emotions of that fateful day seem as fresh as ever before. The world as we know it was turned [...]
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE: Upton presents Korean War veteran Roger Jay Williams with several medals
September 7, 2012
KALAMAZOO, MI – A local Korean War veteran was presented on Thursday with several medals for his military service in the 1950s. U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, presented the medals to Roger Jay Williams during a ceremony at the congressman’s Kalamazoo District Office. Read the entire article at the Kalamazoo Gazette.
THANK YOU!
September 5, 2012
Dear Friends, Thanks for all of your loyal support and hard work on my primary election campaign. Every effort counted in our decisive win. Victory on August 7 wouldn’t have happened without everyone on the team! Throughout the election we said this race was about jobs and the economy. At no time in our [...]
Rep. Upton: ‘Obamacare Represents a Shocking Display of Political Arrogance’
June 5, 2012
Congress doesn’t often get a second chance to do the right thing. But when it comes to health care, the U.S. Supreme Court may provide lawmakers a historic opportunity to do just that. The high court will render its decision on the constitutionality of Obamacare by the end of the month. If the justices strike [...]
My Op-Ed: FDA reforms benefit Michigan patients, jobs
May 16, 2012
[...] The medical device and drug industries employ thousands here in Michigan — jobs that are now being threatened by the lack of predictability in the FDA approval process. A slow and uncertain approval process is detrimental to American jobs and competitiveness, putting U.S. companies at a severe disadvantage with foreign competitors. Read Fred’s full [...]
Rep. Fred Upton: Keystone pipeline will bring jobs, greater energy independence
May 10, 2012
This week, I began negotiations with House and Senate colleagues on a transportation package to support jobs and infrastructure, and the good news is, there’s an infrastructure project with shovel-ready jobs that we can include in this legislation, and it won’t cost taxpayers a dime: the Keystone XL pipeline, which will carry Canadian energy supplies [...]
My Op-Ed: Rethinking America’s Energy Policy
April 10, 2012
It is an exciting time for American energy, but only if American energy policy spurs innovations rather than stifling them. U.S. energy policy needs a reboot—a broad reassessment of our strategies—because much of what we thought we knew has either dramatically changed or turned out to be plain wrong. When I first became involved in [...]
Rep. Fred Upton: Regulatory agenda poses threat to economy
March 26, 2012
Some in Washington want us to believe that our nation’s long-term economic interests are at odds with our environmental interests – that one must come at the expense of the other. Fortunately, it is not an either-or situation because the reality is we can support both. With a more thoughtful regulatory process that actually [...]