Bipartisan, bicameral legislation sponsored by U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) received U.S. Senate approval earlier this week to update policies on recreational fishing. “Passage of the ‘Modern Fish Act’ will boost our conservation efforts and benefit the local economies that Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) on Nov. 16 introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at preventing America’s senior citizens from becoming financially broke due to paying for long-term care services they’re receiving at home or in a community-based facility. “Long-term care for Read more…
U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI) led 27 members of the U.S. House of Representatives in requesting that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers include construction funds for a new lock at the Upper Peninsula’s Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Read more…
Republican members on the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee praised the U.S. Senate’s 99-1 vote this week on a sweeping $6 billion water infrastructure authorization bill that’s now headed to the president’s desk to become law. America’s Water Infrastructure Read more…
A bicameral group of Republican committee leaders in the U.S. House and Senate requested a congressional investigation of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) planning, budgeting and financial management activities. The inquiry follows unanimous House approval last month of the bipartisan Read more…
The U.S. House on Sept. 25 approved by voice vote the bipartisan Kerrie Orozco First Responders Act sponsored by U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) to provide for naturalization processes for the immediate relatives of first responders who die as a Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Energy Subcommittee, on Sept. 17 introduced the bipartisan PFAS Federal Facility Accountability Act of 2018 to force cooperation between the U.S. government and states on removing chemical Read more…
The U.S. House on Sept. 12 agreed to make U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance (R-NJ) the lead sponsor of a bipartisan anti-hazing bill for American colleges. Rep. Lance asked for unanimous consent to be considered as the first sponsor of the Read more…
More than two dozen Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed on as original cosponsors to a new federal resolution that restates their support for retaining protections for Americans with pre-existing health conditions regardless of what happens legislatively Read more…
With only a few legislative days remaining to prevent a lapse in authorization, U.S. Reps. John Katko (R-NY) and Rodney Davis (R-IL) led colleagues in urging U.S. House leaders to quickly advance a vote on the bipartisan Violence Against Women Read more…
The U.S. Senate-approved bipartisan, bicameral Veterans Providing Healthcare Transition Improvement Act, introduced by U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) and U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH), now awaits the president’s signature to make it a federal law. S. 899 guarantees additional paid Read more…
U.S. Reps. Tom Reed (R-NY), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Fred Upton (R-MI), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) – all members of the bipartisan House Problem Solvers Caucus – on July 25 proposed restructuring House Rules in an effort to end the partisan Read more…
Citing environmental and economic benefits for the Midwest region, members of Michigan and Ohio’s Republican congressional delegation helped shepherd an appropriations bill to approval on Thursday in the U.S. House of Representatives that would maintain full funding for the Great Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) is championing congressional efforts pressing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to strengthen federal drinking water safeguards against major contaminants. The bipartisan call led by Rep. Upton follows release of an Agency for Toxic Substances Read more…
With 127 school-based health centers (SBHCs) located throughout Michigan, U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) said he’s deeply aware of the critical role these clinics play in providing comprehensive primary health care services to medically underserved children. “When children have this Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) successfully ensured critical operation and maintenance funding for the dredging of three Michigan harbors got included in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ updated Fiscal Year 2018 Work Plan. The Army Corps on June 11 Read more…
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL), chairman of the Republican Main Street Caucus, joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in prodding the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to hasten release of school safety funding guidance for America’s schools. “Students should not Read more…
America’s schools are still waiting on the distribution of federal school safety grants approved earlier this year by Congress and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) needs to speed up the process, said U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) and a Read more…
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and U.S. Reps. Michael McCaul (R-TX), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Susan Brooks (R-IN) and Fred Upton (R-MI) commended passage of a comprehensive bipartisan pediatric cancer bill on May 22 by the U.S. House of Representatives. Read more…
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare reforms proposed by U.S. Reps. Greg Walden (R-OR) and Bruce Poliquin (R-ME) are included in a legislative package approved on May 16 by the U.S. House of Representatives. The House voted 347-70 to Read more…
U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-MN) led 39 members of the U.S. House of Representatives in urging the removal of almost $3 billion worth of Chinese medical device products from a list of proposed tariffs set to be imposed on the Read more…
Newly proposed legislation from U.S. Rep. Mimi Walters (R-CA) would provide opioid-addicted Medicaid recipients with additional treatment options. “Combatting America’s opioid epidemic means ensuring those battling addiction have ready access to quality treatment,” said Rep. Walters, who on May 15 Read more…
A group of Republican lawmakers led by U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) have introduced a discharge petition to force a floor vote regarding legislative reform proposed for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. During a May 9 press conference Read more…
U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) led 39 fellow members of the U.S. House of Representatives in requesting that the U.S. Department of Commerce simplify its procedures for excluding products from the recently announced tariffs on steel and aluminum product imports. Read more…
U.S. Reps. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) and Mimi Walters (R-CA) led Republican lawmakers in calling on President Donald Trump to maintain the nation’s participation in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and to reform the trade pact for the next Read more…
Efforts buttressed by Michigan Republicans U.S. Rep. Fred Upton and Gov. Rick Snyder helped guarantee state residents and businesses will have access to low-interest federal loans to aid in their recovery from severe February flooding. “We’ve seen first-hand the destruction Read more…
U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA) on March 13 introduced a resolution to invoke a rule that would quickly bring four immigration reform bills to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives without pre-approvals from House leaders. “President Trump set Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) is part of a bipartisan alliance of lawmakers steering U.S. House budget leaders toward authorizing sorely needed funds already mandated for national mental health programs. Such funding was included as part of the sweeping mental Read more…
U.S. Reps. Bruce Poliquin (R-ME) and Don Bacon (R-NE) are heading two new efforts on Capitol Hill that strive to increase security at American schools. Rep. Poliquin on March 12 helped U.S. Reps. Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Rodney Davis (R-IL) Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) has been named a co-chair of the new Working Group on Response to Parkland Shooting, formed as an arm of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus to help find solutions to gun violence in the nation’s Read more…
U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) on Feb. 23 made what he called a “moving and sobering” visit to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., where earlier this month a teenaged gunman used a semiautomatic weapon and killed 17 Read more…
U.S. Reps. Leonard Lance (R-NJ) and Fred Upton (R-MI) have mobilized 17 Republican colleagues and put the pressure on House Speaker Paul Ryan to fast track a bill that aims to update the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) has introduced the bipartisan Advancing Cutting-Edge (ACE) Research Act, H.R. 5002, to make headway on creating non-addictive pain medications that could help Americans stay free of opioid addiction’s grip. “Opioid abuse and addiction is tearing Read more…
U.S. Reps. Susan Brooks (R-IN) and Fred Upton (R-MI), co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Access to Civil Legal Services Caucus, this week objected to President Donald Trump’s plan to cease civil legal aid for low-income Americans. Reps. Brooks and Upton, Read more…
A bipartisan bill from U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA) that would permit qualified undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers to earn status as American citizens by enlistment in the U.S. Armed Forces has garnered enough cosponsors to gain approval by the Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 6 passed legislation introduced by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) that would offer food-selling businesses certain nutritional labeling flexibility while providing consumers with their desired calorie count information. “This bill, at its very Read more…
U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH) has co-created the bipartisan Congressional Civility and Respect Caucus with U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) to renew the tradition of congressional courtesy and extend it beyond the floor of the House to promote respectful debate Read more…
Members of the Problem Solvers Caucus on Jan. 29 released a bipartisan set of principles that include a framework outlining a 12-year path to earned citizenship for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) enrollees, as well as border security enhancements Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy, convened a Jan. 19 hearing to consider three bills aimed at updating U.S. energy law and better serving America’s energy ratepayers. The hearing was timely Read more…
Under the leadership of Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY) and Rep. John Katko (R-NY), the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus on Wednesday issued its recommendations for rebuilding faltering U.S. infrastructure. “It’s always better for the country when we act together,” said Reed, Read more…
Under the leadership of U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy approved bills on Thursday that would take steps to bolster investments in new hydropower projects that have little environmental impact and benefit the Read more…
After leading successful efforts to suspend a federal contract awarded to Equifax in the wake of a data breach, leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee pressed the General Services Administration (GSA) for information about data security and vetting Read more…
U.S. Reps. Fred Upton, Bill Huizenga, John Moolenaar and Mike Bishop, all Republicans of Michigan, recently outlined how a framework for the nation’s first comprehensive tax reform in 31 years would provide relief for Michigan families. “In Michigan we’re known Read more…
State and federal fuel economy programs would be streamlined into a national program under bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) on Thursday to ensure that automakers and manufacturers don’t have to contend with differing state and federal Read more…
A bipartisan group of more than 50 House members took the opportunity to share stories about the impact the opioid epidemic has had on the districts they represent and to advocate for solutions at a “Member Day” hearing on Wednesday. Read more…
The House Energy and Commerce Committee recently passed 10 health care bills that included funding for important public health programs, measures championed by U.S. Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Michael Burgess (R-TX) and Fred Upton (R-MI). Legislation that would reauthorize Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy, announced three new hearings that could potentially lead to important reforms to electricity generation, distribution and consumption. The “Powering America” series was kicked off Read more…
In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) recently highlighted legislative efforts to shore up energy and infrastructure security, and he called for bipartisan support moving forward. Being able to respond to large-scale energy infrastructure damage resulting Read more…
The House approved landmark legislation on Wednesday that would harness innovation by advancing self-driving vehicle technology that aims to curb traffic fatalities, a bipartisan effort supported by U.S. Reps. Greg Walden (R-OR), Fred Upton (R-MI) and Mimi Walters (R-CA). “Self-driving Read more…
Recent enactment of legislation updating and reauthorizing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration user fee programs will help manufacturers develop innovative, life-saving medical treatments and devices faster while maintaining patient safety, U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) wrote in an op-ed Read more…