Tag: Fred Upton

The House bill reauthorizes the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, tightens provisions allowing it to issue emergency orders, increases transparency on interagency reviews and the regulatory process, and increases inspections for some underwater oil pipelines. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Energy and Environment

Pipeline safety bill heads to House floor

Kyle Feldscher · April 27, 2016 6:49 pm

Tyler Volz-Benoit embraces pediatric gastroenterology specialist Dr. Susan Goode during a doctor's appointment with his dad, Eric Volz-Benoit, and brother, Zachary, in Springfield, Mass. Both Tyler and Zachary are affected by complex medical care issues. Zachary is a patient who is helped by a special program funded by the Affordable Care Act, where his health care is overseen by a complex care pediatrician and team of other medical specialists to optimize his care. (AP Photo)

The one part of Obamacare where Republicans and Democrats agree

Robert King · April 18, 2016 4:01 am

The proposed rule on greenhouse gas emissions from medium- and heavy-duty trucks would prohibit the conversion of street vehicles into racing vehicles. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Energy and Environment

GOP wants answers about EPA rule that could cripple racing

Kyle Feldscher · April 12, 2016 10:57 pm

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder testified before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing. A second House committee will hold a hearing on the water crisis in Flint, Mich. next week. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Energy and Environment

Second House committee will tackle Flint water crisis

Kyle Feldscher · April 6, 2016 8:39 pm

"The administration funneled $1.3 billion last year into the Basic Health Program without a congressional appropriation, a clear violation of the law," Kevin Brady and Fred Upton said. (AP Photos)

Lawmakers subpoena HHS for info about Obamacare payments

Joel Gehrke · March 29, 2016 9:38 pm

Lawmakers want to know about diagnostic testing, vaccines and treatments for the virus. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

GOP wants more answers on Zika

Robert King · March 29, 2016 9:08 pm

"The bipartisan encryption working group will examine the issues surrounding this ongoing national debate," Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and Fred Upton, R-Mich., said Monday. (AP Photo)

Encryption gets its Gang of Eight

Joel Gehrke · March 21, 2016 9:19 pm

Lawmakers want to ensure that the administration follows the law and builds the Nevada nuclear waste site at Yucca Mountain. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Energy and Environment

GOP holding Obama’s feet to the fire on Yucca Mountain

John Siciliano · March 18, 2016 5:16 pm

The goal is to ensure doctors get the same money for prescribing cheaper drugs as they do for costlier ones. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

GOP lashes out at Medicare payment experiments

Robert King · March 13, 2016 5:01 am

By a vote of 416-2, the House approved a bill introduced by Michigan Reps. Dan Kildee, a Democrat, and Fred Upton, a Republican, called the Safe Drinking Water Act Improved Compliance Awareness Act, which aims to prevent future lead water crises. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

House OKs bill forcing EPA to notify public of lead in water

Kyle Feldscher · February 10, 2016 9:13 pm

"We will want to have our product done by then," Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said Wednesday at a Conservative Reform Network event in Washington. (AP file photo/Carlos Osorio)

GOP shooting for Obamacare replacement plan by July

Robert King · February 10, 2016 5:31 pm

"Families across the country have made clear that paying for prescription drugs is an increasingly unsustainable burden," said Ranking Member Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. (AP Photo)

Prospects looking good for medical research bills

Susan Ferrechio · February 8, 2016 5:01 am