Fred Upton

There is broad bipartisan support for providing protections for patients with preexisting conditions.

This would be a $3 billion project if it ends up there.

President Obama agreed that we needed another missile defense site for North America, for the east side of the country.

Today's hearing entitled 'Public-Private Partnerships for Federal Energy Management' will examine recent examples, challenges, and opportunities for improving energy efficiency in Federal facilities.

I look forward to working with the bill sponsor, Mr. Kinzinger, on his legislation.

It has been over a decade since Congress amended the statute governing ESPCs and UESCs, and I think that most folks would agree that it is time to consider improvements in these programs.

Today's hearing, entitled 'Public-Private Partnerships for Federal Energy Management,' will examine a number of recent examples, challenges, and opportunities for improving energy efficiency in Federal facilities.

And as I have listened to a number of different energy-sector firms, they really do believe that there ought to be just one lead cop on the beat.

Thank you so much. You are one of the first witnesses that we have ever had that has yielded back some of her time. So thank you. It is a good week.

We are reminded weekly of the urgency for getting this leadership structure up and running smoothly.

We have identified key features of departmental modernization. These include the need for sufficient leadership and coordinated attention across the agency's many programs and operations.

Today's hearing will enable the subcommittee to consider the current setup and plans for the Department of Energy's new Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response.

I would like to see civility brought back into the public discourse.

A friend in Bend say Carol, who is an MS advocate, has said Cures was a great step toward making it possible to find a cure to MS.

I want to thank all of our witnesses today and the very talented men and women that you are speaking on behalf of your agencies who do amazing work in the area of healthcare in America Cures.

What is working, what is not, and what do we need to change.

I just want to remind everyone here that this was a great committee process that passed 51 to nothing.

I want to talk a little bit about All of Us. And I think privacy protections are important, and it is very important people know about them and that they don't have to worry about that data being stolen.

I was too alarmed last week when I read a story that HHS was perhaps reprogramming some of the money that we had done a dollar-for-dollar, year-by-year table to make sure that that money went for the NIH.

And I got to say, way back when, I was one of the participants with John McCain and Paul Wellstone and Henry Waxman, who doubled the money for the NIH back in the 1990s.

The United States is arguably more energy secure now than ever before.

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the world's largest emergency stockpile of crude oil in the world.

I want to thank Vice Chairman Barton and Ranking Member Rush for partnering on this draft as we continue our work to modernize the Department of Energy.

And it's done a lot for the climate as well. I mean, we know that emissions--CO2 emissions--have dropped by 30 percent.

I remember having a 1 at the end of my license plate which allowed me to fill up, after an hour and a half, at a Shell station around the corner here on Capitol Hill.