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Fred Upton

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Fred Upton is a former U.S. Representative from Michigan, serving in the House of Representatives from 1987 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Upton represented Michigan's 6th congressional district. During his tenure, he was known for his work on issues related to healthcare, energy, and technology. He played a significant role in the passage of the Affordable Care Act's repeal and was involved in various bipartisan efforts, particularly in the areas of public health and environmental policy.

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Jun 5, 2012

The world of audio in 2012 offers so much more.

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Jun 5, 2012

His words provided a window into a pervasive mindset driving a long list of problematic enforcement and regulatory actions by the agency.

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May 30, 2012

Americans have demanded a more efficient government that eliminates outdated and unnecessary bureaucracy; a government that takes a hard look at the market before deciding to regulate it--in short, a government that works. The FCC…

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May 30, 2012

The international community is going to meet in December to decide whether to regulate the Internet under rules designed for the 1980 era telephone networks.

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May 30, 2012

I yield myself 1\1/2\ minutes for the purpose of a colloquy, and I yield to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Buchanan).

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May 30, 2012

I appreciate your constant leadership on the national problem of prescription drug abuse. I appreciated your input during your phone call to me last week back in Michigan when the Senate passed this amendment. Our committee has focused on…

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May 17, 2012

I would like to claim time on the Republican side in support of the motion. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 7(b)(2) of rule XXII, the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Barrow), the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Upton), and the…

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May 8, 2012

Well thank you, Mr. Chairman. Today we have two very important pieces of bipartisan legislation before us.

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May 8, 2012

Government can't have it both ways. It can't direct the generator to operate for emergency purposes and then turn around and fine them for doing so.

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May 8, 2012

We know that hydropower is the Nation's largest renewable energy resource, and the bill before us today will help to aid the development of a new hydropower resource.

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May 8, 2012

It is clear that the Nation's generation fleet will be undergoing a significant shift over the next several years and beyond.

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Apr 18, 2012

The market wants and deserves some measure of certainty.

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Apr 18, 2012

The market wants and deserves a measure of certainty for sure, not price guarantees or supply quotas.

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Apr 18, 2012

We haven't built a new refinery since 1976. EPA will not allow new refineries to be built. We have spent instead billions of dollars to expand the refineries that we have. Under regular order we moved this Keystone pipeline last summer. It…

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Apr 18, 2012

This is a highway and infrastructure bill, which means it is a jobs bill. I commend Mr. Boustany in a bipartisan effort to add this as an amendment to this bill. I represent the Great Lakes. We have a number of commercial as well as…

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Apr 18, 2012

Transportation fuel is varied and changing in this country, and part of the reason why is because of federal mandates enacted and expanded in recent years.

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Apr 18, 2012

I would just like to remind the House that this amendment is the same bill that the House passed last year with a vote of 267 144. We moved this through regular order through our committee hearings, subcommittee and full committee markup…

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Apr 18, 2012

Let's be clear on what the bill does not do.

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Apr 18, 2012

I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, this is a highway and infrastructure bill. That means it is a jobs bill. Now, I would remind my colleagues and those watching that the President said back in January, as part of his weekly…

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Apr 17, 2012

I really want to thank Mr. Waxman and Mr. Pallone and Mr. Dingell and other members of this committee for their constructive and bipartisan work.

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Apr 17, 2012

We need to reauthorize the user fees by the end of June to assure continuity at the FDA.

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Apr 17, 2012

I think we all agree that fostering innovation does help American patients and aids in creating American jobs.

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Mar 28, 2012

I am highly skeptical of Congress' or government regulators' ability to keep up with the innovative and vibrant pace of the Internet without breaking it.

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Mar 28, 2012

Privacy is not a new topic for Congress.

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