Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Frederick Upton [R, MI-6]

Roll Call

2012-06-03T04:58:10Z

Vote 1: FDA reauthorization: The House has passed the Food and Drug Administration Reform Act (H.R. 5651), sponsored by Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich. The bill would reauthorize and extend the Food and Drug Administration's user-fee programs for ...

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SciTechTalk: Proposed United Nations control of Internet raises alarms

2012-06-03T01:00:00Z

...and preserve and advance the successful multi-stakeholder model that governs the Internet today." Committee member Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., said U.N.-led control of the Internet would affect Internet users around the world. "The Internet has become thi

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Roll Call

2012-06-03T01:00:00Z

...1: FDA reauthorization: The House has passed the Food and Drug Administration Reform Act (H.R. 5651), sponsored by Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich. The bill would reauthorize and extend the Food and Drug Administration's user-fee programs for prescription drugs

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Miami Attack May Push Action on ‘Bath Salts’ Ban

2012-06-02T13:49:04Z

Rep. Cliff Stearns, another Florida lawmaker and the third-ranking Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said he feels strongly about banning the drug and he will talk to Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) about it. “I think it’s imperative

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Latest Congressional Attacks on Clean Air Endanger Our Health and Our Economy

2012-06-02T13:34:45Z

On Thursday Representative Fred Upton and Senator Inhofe introduced legislation to block the Environmental Protection Agency's from limiting emissions of carbon dioxide. This is the latest attack in the war against standards that protect Americans from ...

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GOP's Upton, Hoogendyk will debate on June 10

2012-06-02T12:51:48Z

KALAMAZOO - U.S. Rep. Fred Upton and challenger Jack Hoogendyk have agreed to hold at least one debate, set for June 10 at Western Michigan University. In a Friday press release, Hoogendyk's campaign director, Steven Mobley, said his campaign ...

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Kiss Your Internet Goodbye

2012-06-02T01:00:00Z

...of the Internet if proposals from China, Russia, Iran, and Saudi Arabia are adopted. [...] “These are terrible ideas,” Rep. Fred Upton, a Michigan Republican, said during a U.S. House of Representatives hearing. They could allow “governments to mo

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Anti-incumbent super PAC targeting Rangel considers Conyers too

2012-06-01T17:25:00Z

A spokesman for the anti-incumbent super PAC that's targeting Charlie Rangel said this afternoon that the group might add longtime Michigan congressman John Conyers ... Conyers' colleague in Michigan, Fred Upton, who is white.

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Gov. Rick Snyder asks federal government for disaster assistance for Michigan farmers hit by freeze

2012-06-01T16:34:53Z

In a statement, U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St Joseph, praised Snyder's request for federal assistance. "Our family farms in Southwest Michigan play such an important role in our daily lives and in the local economy, so it is imperative they have ...

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Is the UN the Next Big Threat to Internet Freedom?

2012-06-01T12:17:11Z

One member of the bipartisan committee, Representative Fred Upton (R-Mich.), said in a statement before the hearing that: “The Internet has become this economic and social juggernaut not because governmental actors willed it to be so ...

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Congressman Fred Upton and challenger Jack Hoogendyk to debate June 10 at Western Michigan University

2012-06-01T11:55:43Z

KALAMAZOO, MI — Congressman Fred Upton and challenger Jack Hoogendyk will debate in Kalamazoo on June 10. The debate will take place at Western Michigan University's Schneider Hall from 7 to 8 p.m. It is co-sponsored by the MLive/Kalamazoo ...

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Morning Transportation: MTI vote today

2012-06-01T11:34:14Z

On top of that, a Democratic representative left a caucus meeting on Thursday ... Larry Bucshon, E&C head Fred Upton and Science Chairman Ralph Hall. The members were split 50/50 on whether Congress would actually reach agreement on a bill, the gov.

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US panics that the UN will take over the Internet

2012-06-01T01:00:00Z

...will lead to a virtual takeover of the internet if proposals from China, Russia, Iran, and Saudi Arabia are adopted. Rep. Fred Upton, a Michigan Republican said that these were terrible ideas because they could allow "governments to monitor and restrict

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Outrageous Corporate Earmarks Stage a Comeback

2012-05-31T23:52:44Z

In another effort to help a specific company, Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., inserted a special provision in the Food and Drug Administration user fee reauthorization bill, which passed in committee last week and is expected to pass the full House this week.

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The Circuit: Internet governance, Google’s domain names, pre-paid iPhone

2012-05-31T17:11:52Z

Internet governance: Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.), chairman of the House subpanel on commerce, introduced a resolution Thursday to “keep the Internet free from government control.” Mack was joined by Reps. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), Greg Walden (R-Ore.)

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House Takes First Steps to Block U.N. Regulation of Internet

2012-05-31T14:48:42Z

Mary Bono Mack, R-Calif.; Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif.; Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif.; Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich. and Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore. -- introduced a congressional resolution on Wednesday that urges the Obama administration to continue advocating ...

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U.N. takeover of the Internet must be stopped, U.S. warns

2012-05-31T12:32:41Z

"These are terrible ideas," Rep. Fred Upton, a Michigan Republican, said during a U.S. House of Representatives hearing. They could allow "governments to monitor and restrict content or impose economic costs upon international data flows," added ...

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House approves FDA bill, medical devices to see new regs

2012-05-31T01:00:00Z

...reform package is the culmination of more than a year of work and negotiations between House Democrats and Republicans,” Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) wrote this month in the Holland (Mich.) Sentinel. "The FDA Reform Act contains important metrics that will

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The Circuit: Internet governance, Google’s domain names, pre-paid iPhone

2012-05-31T01:00:00Z

...on commerce, introduced a resolution Thursday to “keep the Internet free from government control.” Mack was joined by Reps. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), Greg Walden (R-Ore.) and Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) in introducing the measure. The subcommittee heard testi

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House Takes First Steps to Block U.N. Regulation of Internet

2012-05-31T01:00:00Z

...of congressional leaders -- including Rep. Mary Bono Mack, R-Calif.; Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif.; Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif.; Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich. and Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore. -- introduced a congressional resolution on Wednesday that urges the Obama

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