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We cannot afford the EPA's continued expansion of red tape that is slowing economic growth and threatening to entangle millions of small businesses.

~Fred Upton

Topics: Afford Businesses Cannot Continue Economic Economic Growth Expansion Growth Millions Red Red Tape Slowing Small Small Businesses Tape Threatening We Cannot

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It's critical - that the people that are benefiting today from Medicare and Social Security that they not see benefit reductions. It's awfully hard to tell someone who might be 82, that they've gotta go back to work, because their benefits are gonna be chopped. That's not gonna happen.

~Fred Upton

Topics: Back Because Benefit Benefits Chopped Critical Go Gonna Gotta Happen Hard Medicare Might People Reductions Security See Social Social Security Someone Tell Today Who Work

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I'm not a rubber stamp, and people know that. If you can convince me of the merits, you will have my vote every time.

~Fred Upton

Topics: Convince Every Every Time Know Me Merits People Rubber Stamp Time Vote Will You

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Without international participation, jobs and emissions will simply shift overseas to countries that require few, if any, environmental protections, harming the global environment as well as the U.S. economy.

~Fred Upton

Topics: Any Countries Economy Emissions Environment Environmental Few Global Harming International Jobs Overseas Participation Require Shift Simply U.s. Economy Well Will Without

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Prior to passage of Obamacare, Americans spoke out against the individual mandate; they didn't want to change the health care they had; they didn't want a 3,000-page bill that empowered 15 Washington bureaucrats to decide the future of the doctor-patient relationship.

~Fred Upton

Topics: Against American Bill Bureaucrats Care Change Decide Empowered Future Had Health Health Care Individual Mandate Obamacare Out Passage Prior Relationship Spoke Want Washington

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Americans want and deserve a broad array of health insurance choices so they can identify those that best fit their own individual or family needs. These choices expand when we allow free enterprise to foster innovation, not smother it with taxes and one-size fits all ideology.

~Fred Upton

Topics: Allow American Array Best Broad Choices Deserve Enterprise Expand Family Fit Fits Foster Free Free Enterprise Health Health Insurance Identify Ideology Individual Innovation Insurance Needs Own Smother Taxes Those Want

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Obamacare represents a shocking display of political arrogance. It's about time Washington started listening to Americans' common sense voices.

~Fred Upton

Topics: About American Arrogance Common Common Sense Display Listening Obamacare Political Represents Sense Shocking Started Time Voices Washington

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While the Left seems obsessed with increasing taxes and spending even more money, conservatives have focused more heavily on the need for spending restraint and entitlement reform - primarily to preserve and protect the future of the Medicare program. Overlooked in all of this is the future of Medicaid.

~Fred Upton

Topics: Conservatives Entitlement Even Focused Future Increasing Left Medicaid Medicare Money More Need Obsessed Overlooked Preserve Primarily Program Protect Reform Restraint Seems Spending Taxes While

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Originally created to serve the poorest and sickest among us, the Medicaid program has grown dramatically but still doesn't include the kind of flexibility that states need to provide better health care for the poor and disadvantaged.

~Fred Upton

Topics: Among Better Care Created Disadvantaged Dramatically Flexibility Grown Health Health Care Include Kind Medicaid Need Originally Poor Poorest Program Provide Serve States Still Us

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The national debate on health care once centered on improving access to quality care, yet the effect of Obamacare will be the exact opposite, resulting in the shameful degradation of care for the neediest individuals.

~Fred Upton

Topics: Access Care Centered Debate Degradation Effect Exact Exact Opposite Health Health Care Improving Individuals National Obamacare Once Opposite Quality Resulting Shameful Will

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: April 23rd, 1953

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