Honorable Fred Upton
United States Representative, Michigan, Republican
Representative Upton was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1986. He served as Project Coordinator for then-U.S. Representative David Stockman (MI-R) from 1975 to 1980, on the staff of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from 1981 to 1983, and as Director of OMB from 1984 to 1985. He chairs the Energy and Commerce Committee and is a member of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. The following is from the July 26, 2011, House floor debate on H.R. 1938, the North American-Made Energy Security Act. Today, national unemployment rests at 9.2 percent, but it’s…
