U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) this week reintroduced a bipartisan bill to address the behavioral health and well-being of America’s healthcare professionals. “The demands our healthcare heroes are facing haven’t changed. They are being asked to care for communities here Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) on March 3 met with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and a bipartisan, bicameral group of congressional lawmakers to make plans on how to end cancer. Rep. Upton was joined in the meeting Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO), co-chair of the Senate Travel and Tourism Caucus, recently introduced two bipartisan bills aimed at supporting the tourism industry during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On Feb. 8, Sen. Blunt cosponsored the Sustaining Tourism Enterprises During Read more…
A bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) would require that silent panic alarms be installed in schools across the nation to alert law enforcement to an active shooter situation. “Too often in recent years, parents have sent Read more…
America’s researchers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic would receive approximately $25 billion in support under bipartisan, bicameral legislation offered recently by several members of the GOP. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) on Monday introduced the Research Read more…
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) and members of the Republican Governance Group, a caucus of congressional Republicans, recently urged the Biden administration to work in a bipartisan way to advance the next COVID-19 relief package. The effort follows a move Read more…
U.S. Reps. Bill Huizenga, Fred Upton, and John Moolenaar led a group of Michigan Republicans in calling for an intelligence briefing on the redeployment of the Michigan National Guard to Washington, D.C., following their recent work during the inauguration of Read more…
Bipartisan legislation introduced on Jan. 25 by U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) would support U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) workforce development programs that offer Americans a path toward developing new skills for long-term employment. “As we look to put our Read more…
U.S. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Don Bacon (R-NE), and Fred Upton (R-MI) on Jan. 19 introduced a bipartisan bill to authorize dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and Read more…
A decision by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requiring Americans who have not yet received their second Economic Impact Payment (EIP) to wait until they file their 2020 taxes is not going to cut it, U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) on Monday voted to support passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of bipartisan legislation that will provide COVID-19 relief to millions of Americans and fund the federal government. Several of Rep. Upton’s priorities were Read more…
U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), who has held the position for four years, congratulated his successor, U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), who will take the reins in 2021 as the first woman in Read more…
Members of the congressional Problem Solvers Caucus joined several U.S. senators this week to unveil a bipartisan, bicameral $908 billion COVID-19 emergency relief framework that they hope lays the foundation for another stimulus package to support Americans and boost the Read more…
U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) and his committee colleagues U.S. Reps. Fred Upton (R-MI) and John Shimkus (R-IL) this week voiced support for newly released federal data showing that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions continue Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) recently introduced a bipartisan bill that would determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the nation’s travel and tourism industry and recommend policy changes designed to help the industry recover. “The coronavirus pandemic has Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) joined a bipartisan group of three dozen lawmakers in requesting that the Trump administration combat PFAS chemicals in educational and childcare facilities across the nation. “We write to express our concerns regarding possible toxic per- Read more…
Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN) to bolster the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) on Sept. 21 received approval by the U.S. House of Representatives, which advanced the bill to the U.S. Senate for action. “I am pleased Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on Sept. 17 passed a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Reps. John Katko (R-NY) and Fred Upton (R-MI) that aims to protect pregnant Americans from workplace discrimination. “Simply put, no mother or mother-to-be in this Read more…
Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) to authorize appropriations for offsetting the costs related to reductions in research productivity resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic recently passed out of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. “The Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) recently cosponsored a GOP-led tax credit bill aimed at protecting the safety of businesses, their employees and their customers during the COVID-19 pandemic. “This bipartisan legislation is about jobs, small businesses, and the health and Read more…
U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH) helped lead members of the bipartisan, bicameral Great Lakes Task Force in requesting that tribal, commercial, charter and recreational fisheries in the Great Lakes regions become eligible for future pandemic emergency relief funding provided by Read more…
U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) on Aug. 28 proposed a bipartisan bill that would establish and maintain the United States as a leader in emerging technologies. Rep. McMorris Rodgers sponsored the American Competitiveness on More Productive Emerging Tech Economy Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) introduced Monday the bipartisan Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, which seeks to reduce and prevent suicide and other mental and behavioral health conditions among healthcare professionals. Dr. Lorna Breen was a physician Read more…
Following the Trump administration’s announcement that it would continue covering 100 percent of the National Guard’s coronavirus relief efforts in Texas and Florida while reducing the rate to 75 percent in all other states and territories, U.S. Rep. Fred Upton Read more…
The federal government would more quickly forgive Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans totaling $150,000 and less under a newly introduced bipartisan bill offered by U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI). “As much as we all wanted the COVID-19 crisis over by Read more…
As congressional lawmakers consider additional COVID-19 relief legislation, U.S. Reps. Tom Emmer (R-MN) and Rodney Davis (R-IL) led 39 other lawmakers in urging that more funds be directed to the nation’s childcare providers. “It is critically important that childcare providers Read more…
U.S. Reps. Susan Brooks (R-IN) and Fred Upton (R-MI) on July 15 introduced bipartisan legislation to ramp up and expand America’s Strategic National Stockpile. The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee the same day marked up and passed the measure, Read more…
U.S. House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee Republican members U.S. Reps. Greg Walden (R-OR), Fred Upton (R-MI), and John Shimkus (R-IL) on June 30 unveiled several bills to bolster America’s energy independence and modernize the nation’s energy infrastructure. “We are Read more…
U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK) recently joined a bipartisan contingent of his colleagues to unveil a bill that would authorize a total of $26 billion in federal funding for U.S. researchers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Rep. Lucas, on June Read more…
U.S. researchers negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic would receive billions of dollars in federal funding relief under bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI). “These researchers are essential to our nation’s public health, national security, economic growth, Read more…
U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined a bipartisan contingent of more than two dozen lawmakers in requesting that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) provide economic relief to American apple growers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. “As with countless industries Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) on June 18 introduced bipartisan legislation that would provide an additional $210 million for quality and infection control support for skilled nursing facilities. “Today’s bipartisan bill will provide the necessary support our nursing homes need Read more…
U.S. Reps. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and Fred Upton (R-MI) on June 3 joined U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler in announcing the 14 new members of the Great Lakes Advisory Board (GLAB), an EPA federal advisory committee. The Read more…
U.S. House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee Republican leaders this week expressed support for the 5G Upgrade Order, which the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will consider during its open meeting on June 9. “During these unprecedented times, connectivity has remained Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) on May 27 introduced bipartisan legislation that would ramp up rural America’s access to high-speed internet. Rep. Upton is an original cosponsor of the Rural Broadband Acceleration Act, H.R. 7022, with bill sponsor U.S. House Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) proposed legislation that would assess how international data localization laws, which regulate how data is processed in different countries, impact each country’s economy and cross-border commerce, including for the United States. Rep. Upton on May Read more…
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) this week joined almost 40 congressional members in urging President Donald Trump not to impose further restrictions on the H-2B nonimmigrant seasonal guest worker program as part of any forthcoming executive action related to the Read more…
U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) and 33 of his Republican colleagues urged U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar to consider providing federal funds to nursing homes, skilled nursing centers, senior living communities, independent living, assisted living, memory Read more…
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on May 18 unveiled the bipartisan, bicameral State and Municipal Assistance for Recovery and Transition (SMART) Act, which would create a $500 billion COVID-19 recovery fund for states and local communities. “States and local communities Read more…
U.S. Reps. Fred Upton (R-MI) and Elise Stefanik (R-NY) on Tuesday introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would provide $500 billion in emergency funding to every state, county and community across the nation and prioritize assistance to the areas having Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) recently led a bipartisan contingent of 60 lawmakers in requesting that their chamber’s leaders support America’s $953 billion auto industry in the next COVID-19 emergency funding relief package. “America’s motor vehicle industry must remain the Read more…
U.S. Reps. Greg Walden (R-OR), Fred Upton (R-MI), and John Shimkus (R-IL) applauded a newly released presidential executive order to secure the U.S. bulk-power system. President Donald Trump on May 1 issued the executive order, which determined that “the unrestricted Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) helped lead a bipartisan group of more than 180 lawmakers in urging his chamber’s leadership to address the challenges faced by the U.S. scientific research workforce as Congress works on another economic relief bill in Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) on April 27 released a bipartisan concept paper that would direct the president, acting through the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, to implement a national testing, data-sharing infrastructure, vaccine, therapeutic, and medical supply Read more…
U.S. Reps. Greg Walden (R-OR), Fred Upton (R-MI), and John Shimkus (R-IL), who all serve on the U.S. House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee, praised the new U.S. Energy Department report, “Restoring America’s Competitive Nuclear Energy Advantage: A Strategy to Read more…
U.S. Reps. Fred Upton (R-MI) and Dave Joyce (R-OH) joined their colleagues on the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus this week to release a post-pandemic, nationwide back-to-work plan designed to safely reopen America and spur the economy. “We must continue to Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) on April 17 introduced a bipartisan bill that would provide for a temporary increase in federal financial participation under the Medicaid program for telehealth services. “Telemedicine services in Michigan and in states across the nation Read more…
U.S. Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Fred Upton (R-MI) this week requested that the Trump administration provide proportional aid for specialty crop producers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. “As you begin administering the agriculture provisions included in the Coronavirus Aid, Read more…
The Trump administration must provide direct support to America’s specialty crop producers as it implements the nation’s pandemic relief package, said U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) and more than 100 members in the U.S. House of Representatives. The newly signed Read more…
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) on April 3 introduced bipartisan legislation to establish the National Commission on the COVID-19 Pandemic. “While our focus now is on helping Americans through this pandemic, we are going to need to look at our Read more…