Fred Upton

Our Majority has made it clear that jobs are priority number one in this Congress.

I welcome the President's announcement that his administration plans to evaluate regulations to ensure the benefits justify the cost.

Ensuring those with preexisting conditions have access to affordable coverage, we'll do that. Allowing families to include their children up to 26, we'll do that. Medical liability reform to reduce the unneeded cost of defensive medicine…

I would just briefly like to say I echo the remarks by the dean of the House and the dean of the Michigan delegation. I knew Marv Esch as a staffer. He was a wonderful man, dedicated to this House and to making things work. We will all…

Now that the price of oil has gotten up to $135 a barrel, there is a lot of things that 1 month ago weren't economical to do. And that is why by putting more alternative fuels in the mix, we can have some downward pressure on the overall…

Well, there have been different studies showing different things in terms of what to count. One of the bills that I have cosponsored, it is actually a bipartisan bill, is to look at increasing ethanol from nonfood source, or noncorn, and…

This motion unlocks the Canadian tar sands and allows that crude oil to come down to the U.S. I spoke to the Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. just a couple of hours ago. They are producing a million and a half barrels a day of this, and…

We need to do more. We are now, by 2012, our domestic needs, we're going to be only producing 12 percent of our gas here. That's got to change. Madam Speaker, let's not go to the beach and leave our work undone. Let's pass this bill, but…

I again rise in support of H. Res. 760, a resolution supporting the goals and ideals of Children's Health Month. The overarching goal of designating October each year as Children's Health Month is to draw attention to the need to provide…

It is a bipartisan amendment simply requiring that the Federal Government, beginning on October 1, purchase only ENERGY STAR light bulbs. This will be a savings of hundreds of millions of dollars to the taxpayers over the course of the…

We just want to be on the record for this. Working with the Parliamentarians to make sure that the amendment is germane, we were not able to use the words ``or equivalent'' when we said ``ENERGY STAR or equivalent.'' We would like to see…

I might just note that this shining amendment will save the taxpayers literally $30 for every bulb that is ultimately replaced. It is not going to require that we take existing bulbs that work out when they expire. We will put in…

Mr. Chairman this amendment that I am introducing, which I will subsequently withdraw, expresses my concern about the committee's action to cap loan guarantees at $7 billion for new energy projects designed to reduce carbon emissions…

I would say, too, I believe it was over the Fourth of July week break that ``Dateline'' had the big expose; and I know our office was flooded with calls and letters, as I was home in Michigan. There were a good number of parents and others…

At this point I would yield as much time as he may consume to Sheriff Reichert, the sponsor of this legislation and the chairman of the Emergency Preparedness Subcommittee.

I would yield on behalf of Mr. Rush 1 minute to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Engel).

On behalf of Congressman Rush, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Wynn), an able member of the subcommittee.

At this point, Mr. Chairman, on behalf of Mr. Rush, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gene Green).

I was pleased to hear Dr. Larry Hayward give our opening prayer this morning. For some 25 years, he has been preaching and teaching. His journey has taken him from Texas to Iowa to the D.C. area. Now he is the pastor of Westminster…

In closing, I would urge all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support this legislation. Again, it is bipartisan. It is the right thing to do. I would like to think that we will have a very strong vote for it.

Let me say at the beginning, I am no fan of MTBE, and my State has banned it. But let me point out a couple of facts. In this bill, the LUST fund, Leaking Underground Storage Tanks fund, has $2.1 billion to clean up these tanks. We have an…

Yes, I do. The testimony was provided by Brent Bozell, President of the Parents Television Council. The FCC claims, however, that they no longer adhere to that policy.

As the lead sponsor of the bipartisan House version of the Poison Control Center Enhancement and Awareness Act Amendments of 2003, it is my pleasure to help manage this bill, S. 686, the Senate version of the legislation on the floor…

The science is here. We know that this program works, and it would be wrong to deny this as a part of welfare reform as we look to have it reauthorized and continue to work and do what all of us want to have happen, and that is to move…

We have been able to talk to participants that have participated in the program across the country. Whether it is Nebraska or Michigan or South Carolina, just about every State, and California is the one that does not participate, but the…