Fred Upton

Reauthorization of the Federal Communications Commission is long overdue as the agency was last reauthorized nearly a quarter of a century ago.

Today's hearing continues our multi-year and multi-Congress effort to finalize a thoughtful, bipartisan solution for coal ash.

I would like to thank Representatives Blackburn and Welch for bringing us a big step closer to a bipartisan solution.

The bipartisan draft legislation we consider today establishes a reasonable national security standard with the flexibility to adapt to changing security technology.

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, personal identity theft costs our economy nearly $25 billion in '12.

The threats of exploitation multiply, but the most serious underlying criminal purpose remains the same.

We are at a critical point for consumer protection in the U.S.

However, this proposed rule yanks the rug out from under states, with EPA dictating to states and effectively micromanaging intrastate electricity policy decisions to a degree even the agency admits is unprecedented.

The Clean Air Act has been around since 1970, and we know from experience that it works best when implemented in the spirit of cooperative federalism.

Today we continue our examination of what many folks believe is the most problematic of all the global warming-related regulations being churned out by the Obama administration EPA--the proposed 'Clean Power Plan.'

This proposed rule yanks the rug out from underneath the states with EPA dictating to the states

The proposed Clean Power Plan by EPA... is the most problematic of all the global warming-related regulations being churned out by this Administration

These jobcreating technology and infrastructure projects are an integral part of our architecture of abundance.

Utilities are spending billions of dollars each year modernizing the grid and making it smarter.

America is currently enjoying an energy renaissance, and we are all better for it.

Today we are starting down the road to reauthorize the Federal Communications Commission--a task not undertaken since the first Bush administration.

I believe that enactment of our LNG bill can't come soon enough.

We acted only after listening to all the interested parties and concluding that LNG exports would be beneficial for the economy and a net jobs creator.

Congress needs to be aware of all of the impacts before considering any modifications to energy policy.

The days of energy-exporting aggressors like Russia exerting uncontested geopolitical influence may be numbered now that America is emerging as an energy superpower.

The time to examine these issues is now.

Energy markets are changing, and they're changing for the better.

Energy markets are changing, and they are changing for the better.

At the same time, cyberspace has introduced us to new challenges.

So much of our daily existence depends on the Internet and information technologies that collectively comprise cyberspace.