they are saying, fred upton has a long record of distorting and energy subsidies. what do you say to that? >> the club for growth is where they are. it is a free country. a can that different candidates. we will signal what will happen. >> you believe in the loan guarantee program? >> it was not in my district. we asked the department of industry to consider this as an application weigh in on the merits. with solyndra, it is at a different issue. it is like pulling teeth to get answers from the administration. $500 million that they did not apologize for losing. they did not lose any other money on that other letter. it was never approved. >> what is the situation you may look at to address the solyndra situation? what is it born in the loan guarantee program? -- thorn in the loan guarantee program? >> the country has -- the company has to be in line behind someone else. >> you have a tough time getting your legislation through the senate. what is your plan to get that pipeline approved? >> couple of things. we did a telecom meeting this last week. when you do this

also, one person who has a facebook >> this week on "newsmakers," we are talking with fred upton. welcome. >> good to be here. >> two reporters with this, michael lillis and s. -- and sean lengell. >> you may call me fred. [laughter] thank you for the offer. >> a long tough week. a fight over the table tax extension. this has been perceived and written about as a political victory for president obama and the democrats. i t was his idea and this is an issue that he wanted to get done. you as one of the authors of the final package, what do you think that republicans got out of the deal? how are you going to go back to the district and say this is good? >> a couple of things. you remember the date we have. the president asked for a one- year extension. the house republican support that. that was that before the christmas holiday. we paid for the whole thing. the senate only did two months and remember, they left town. we will see you in six weeks. at the end of the day, the vote we had on friday, the majority of republicans voted. for a little while, it looked like football. here we

. >> on news makers, fred upton, chairman of the energy and commerce committee, talked about fiscal issues before congress, the president's budget request the keystone pipeline extension, and the debate over the administration pottery contraception policy. newsmakers, sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> i had a hunch one of them might be addicted to drugs. >> i am going to ask each one a simple question. we will see what their response is. >> i believe nicotine is not addictive. cigarettes and nicotine clearly do not meet the classic definition of addiction. >> we will take that as a no. >> not addictive. "it's not addictive? >> not addictive. >> in the 1970's, they wanted to remove nicotine from cigarettes and replace it with a drug equally addictive. they had all of these molecules they invented, but they had no way to test them. that was my job. find a molecule where the brain would say i like it and the heart would not have any cardiovascular problems. >> sunday night, a discussion with the subject of "addiction inc.." 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. "this

and they paid off the government bailout and they're posting huge profits, michigan congressman fred uptonfor mitt romney in michigan. just don't ask fred upton about the auto bailout. >> i guess on this particular issue, there is a fundamental disagreement between the two of us. >> in other words, i, mitt romney surrogate of michigan, think mitt romney was wrong about michigan. but vote for him, anyway, michigan, okay? so mr. romney has tons of endorsements, he has tons of surrogates. that's part of what it means to be the establishment candidate. but these surrogates are not what you would expect, not helping mitt romney. another example, major romney surrogate. telling cnn this week, quote, santorum connects with people. unfortunately, my guy has had a hard time doing that. my guy needs to come out and connect with the people and just lay it out there. i know he can do it, he just has to make the effort. i think he can, i think he can. or new jersey government chris christie. a crowd pleaser willing to beat the bushes for mitt romney. hey, i know he seems reserved, but he's got passion,

republican fred upton represents the sixth district of michigan. the energy and commerce committee in the house of representatives, john, i think for today he might be better known as kate upton's uncle. >> i'm wondering why she didn't show a picture of fred up there? >> reporter: can't imagine. >> how would that have happened? fred upton is a soft-spoken guy from michigan. involved in sensitive investigations at the moment. we'll see how that one plays out. i bet he's getting a pretty good ribbing in congress tonight. >>> a series of explosions in bangkok, thailand and israel blames iran. we'll explain the connection after the break. >>> also whitney houston acknowledged battling addictions throughout her life. we'll speak to an expert about her struggles next. in the works package, we change the oil we change the filter... tire rotation, suspension, we make suspension checks... what we have here is the multi-point inspection. every time a vehicle comes into a ford dealership you'll be presented with one of these. we check the belts, hoses... brake

this sunday on "newsmakers," chairman fred upton of michigan will join us to talk about the president's 2013 budget request. the contraceptive mandate. and the house and senate passed compromise on extending payroll tax cuts. he'll be interviewed by

my local newspaper the headline was all eyes on upton, kate, not fred. >> kate upton spoke to fox newsin touch with her uncle fred since she reached cover girl status. >> of course. i have a very close and supportive family. and they are all very proud of me. >> we're all proud of you, kate. and your upcoming crarls junior and hardee's commercials. updating fox top stories the u.s. postal service could lose $18 billion a year by 2015. that is unless congress approves service and job cuts. nigerian man known as the underwear bomber who tried to blow up an airliner back in detroit in 2009, sentenced life in prison, no parole. lawmakers expected to vote tomorrow on extending the payroll tax cut after reaching a final agreement yesterday. and on this day in the year 1804, u.s. lt. steven deindicater led a raid against the pirates against what's been called one of the most daring missions in history. one of the heros. by all accounts he was as brave as they come. when north african pirates got ahold of the uss philadelphia and the crew. only one man for the job. first, decatur and 74 of his

the republicans right now, we want to quote right now representative fred upton. he's the chairman of the commerce committee. he's been designated by speaker boehner to take charge of this issue from the republican side. house speaker john boehner said he's not satisfied with the president's actions so far. in a statement he put out today, quote, the catholic church and others in our nation's religious community are not yet convinced the president's mandate doesn't constitute an attack on religious freedom. the house of representatives will continue to work toward a legislative solution. so i don't know what to make of that. this is all a combination of church belief, religious belief, background, ideology, and good old-fashioned politics. maybe they don't want to walk it back, their objections, so quickly. they want to give the president still a bit more heat, at least for the weekend. >> i think it's more ideology and politics than anything else. let's remember, john boehner is against the entire affordable care act which provides the larger context for this deb

that is fred upton, chairman of the committee. live coverage resuming here on c-span3. >> yeah. and the rest now will proceed. and so what i'd like to do, i'm still told that we're expecting votes about 1:30, 1:40. so what i'd like to do, i know the gentle lady from california has an amendment. and the gentleman from pennsylvania has an amendment. so though this will have to wait until mr. waxmane can roll aud together. but if not, we will start with the gentledy california's amendment go from there. and the gentle ladyhe amendment. we'll ask unanimous consent that it be considered as read. the staff will distribute the amendment. and the gentle lady is recognized in support of her amendment. >> thank you. [ no audio ] all right. working now? there it is. we were worried about the two-hour rule earlier today. but we're well beyond that. thank you for recognizing, mr. chairman, and i want to raise a subject that we worked on and i want to thank you for it. the pipeline safety bill last year. pipeline safety is not anything that should -- a subject that should be taken lightly. i

. >> on "news makers" fred upton talks about the key fiscal issues before congress. the president's fiscal year 2013 budget request the keystone pipeline extension and the recent debate over the administration's contraception policy. "news makers" sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. >> this week on "the communicators" our guest is talking to us about several issues being discussed in congress concerning telecommunications policy. >> now joining us from the u.s. capitol is representative anna eshew. thank you for being on "the communicators." we appreciate it. >> we are delighted. >> several issues are working their way through congress right now, and i want to start with one of the bills working its way through the senate. that's the cyber-security bill. your committee just held a hearing on cyber-security last week. have you had a chance to look at the senate bill? what are your initial thoughts? >> i think that the senate is a little ahead of us on this. i am one of the original co-sponsors of cyber-security legislation that congressman mike rogers that cha

she happens to be the niece of republican congressman fred upton of michigan.we made a political tie-in. last night, kate and nine other models stopped by the late show in new york city to deliver the top ten reasons why this year's swimsuit edition is the best ever. >> number 9, jessica gomes. >> where else can you see nearly naked women except everywhere on the internet? >> good point. alyssa miller, number 7. >> forget number 7. i just want to stand here and look hot. >> number 5. genevieve martin. >> like the late show, sports illustrated is made from 99% recycled material. >> number 2, kate upton. >> the art department was able to airbrush my mustache. >> the number one reason this year's sports illustrated issue with the best one ever. irene a shake. >> it's not -- but it looks like. >> coming up at the top of the hour on morning joe, president obama hit the road telling the country we must raise taxes on the rich. republicans tend to disagree. we'll get to the truth with the morning joe crew. >>> when we come back, we'll watch jimmy fallon's latest insta

the jobless benefits for those who qualify and the doctors' medicare reimbursements, congressman fred upton saying things are getting closer this coming after yesterday, the house speaker john boehner and other republican leaders offering an agreement that would accept the payroll tax extension. we heard from the president earlier in the day as he talked about the payroll tax cut, the impact it has on middle-class americans. if you make $50,000 a year, if the payroll tax cut is extended will mean another $80 per month in your paycheck. >> over the past two years, our businesses have added over 3.7 million new jobs. our manufacturers are hiring more new workers to make more new things here in america than any time since the 1990s. so, our economy is growing stronger. in the last thing we need, the last thing we can afford to do is to go back to the same policies that got us in this mess in the first place, the last thing we need is for washington to stay in the way of america's comeback. first and foremost that means washington shouldn't hike taxes on working americans right now. that's the

this sunday on "newsmakers," chairman fred upton of michigan will join us to talk about the president's 2013 budget request. the contraceptive mandate. and the house and senate passed compromise on extending payroll tax cuts. he'll be interviewed by congressional reporters. that's sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. house budget committee chairman paul ryan on wednesday accused the white house of using greatly exaggerated deficit reduction figures in its budget request. this came during a hearing with a acting white house budget director. this house budget committee hearing runs just under three hours. >> the committee will come to order. welcome all to this important hearing and i don't envy your task today. i want to welcome you, you're new to the job. you got thrown into the breach. you came late with respect to running omb, to preparing this budget. and you've got a very tough job ahead of you. with the departure of jack, you got thrown in at a late moment. so i want to tell you first before i get into this, thank you for serving our country. you came from a succes

and as michigan's fred upton explained, they realized most workers needed the help. >> it's not the way to fix the economy, but we need do it now to offer a measure of relief to those in need. >> reporter: but democrats compromised big by agree cap unemployment benefits. the benefits which vary by state have been available on average for up to 93 weeks. the deal sets a new cap of 63 weeks. the bottom line on the bill adds $89 billion to the deficit and has anti-deficit republicans like alan west in disbelief. what happened to the republican opposition that said no more deficit spending? >> i think that what happens is the d.c. echo chairman bear that gets out and says "do something, get it done, get it off the table even if it's bad." >> reporter: and here is a measure of that election-year pressure. scott, of the 89 house republican freshmen, most of them elected on anti-deficit platforms, 58 of the 89 voted for this deal. >> pelley: wyatt, thanks very much, using brain scans to detect autism in children as young as six months. how google secretly tracked iphone users. and tornados on

bill: michigan republican fred upton.e won't be just talking about the swimsuit issue. >> we'll get around to it i expect. ♪ . [ female announcer ] water was meant to be perfect. crisp, clear, untouched. that's why there's brita, to make the water we drink, taste a little more, perfect. reduce lead and other impurities with the advanced filtration system of brita. bill: a bit of controversy in the garden state. flags fly at half staff for whitney houston. chris christie defending his decision. he says a new jersey native had a special impact. >> she is a cultural icon in the history of this state. and i'm disturbed by people who believe that because of her ultimate demise, and we don't know what the cause of her death is, but because of her history of substance abuse, that somehow she has forfeited the good things that she did in her life. i just ry reject that on a human level. bill: flags have been at half staff of 31 marines who died in combat and police officers who have died while he's been in office. martha: a house

host: fred upton on newsmaker sunday at 10:00. 6:00.op on the last few minutes about rick santorum and many different headlines coming out of a higher yesterday on what he had to say. go ahead. caller: i think people will doubt of the cities because they have less trouble in the schools. they have in a lot of cases better pay, and there is less crime. as far as santorum goes when a woman approached him and told him that obama was not a christian, was not even a citizen -- in previous elections, mccain had the balls to tell them that she was wrong. santorum would make a joke out of it. that is all. host: long island, new york, on the line, republican. good morning, sir. caller: good morning. although i'm a republican, i feel the santorum is much too far to the right. i think his policies would destroy the social safety nets. if he is so concerned about eliminating medicare and social security and medicaid, he should start with his family and friends first. he postulated health savings accounts as an alternative. i do not see him espousin

house energy committee chairman fred upton called the report a long overdue acknowledgment that the obamaagers has a problem. the charm of the house financial services committee says he is cooperating with the investigation in to his stock trade. alabama republican spen somewhere baucus -- spencer baucus says he expects to be exonerated in the probe by ethics. >>> the fox news poll finds 13% of those surveyed are happy with how baucus and his colleagues are doing their job. 79% are not. we told you thursday about the $25 billion deal between the government and big mortgage lenders to cover foreclosure abuse. tonight, correspondent doug mckelway looks at whether this is a good deal or no deal for consumers. >> joe and liza. diamond of set everyville, virginia, consider obama's latest program to aid homeowners. the plan is allowed million more americans to refinance at lower rate. >> it would drop our monthly and principle interest $350 a month. >> it's not just homeowners whose loans are backed by freddie mac and fannie mae but all of those homeowners who are current on the payment. even i

. >>> michigan republican congress fred upton is suddenly a popular guy on capitol hill.s to his niece. this is his niece. kate upton is the cover model on the just released strait of s illustrated" swimsuit issue. she is up and coming actress. this afternoon, he told fox news he is not commenting on the magazine. >>> we have brought you several stories about election fraud but we have a new report to he how shaky the registration process is. >> new federal voting laws are supposed to clean up the system. but it's not apparently happened. one out of every eight voter registrations is invalid or inaccurate. they found 12 million people registered with the wrong address. almost 3 million registered with more than one state. and 2 million people with active voters on the role are dead. >> this is voter registration. voting. elections. we need to have the most secure system the world. >> the michael ertel says the system needs to be corrected and officials don't want to bounce dead voters too quickly to just to make sure. >> there is a lot of time taking place to ensure the d

on the cover, kate upton, the niece of michigan congressman fred upton.o comment from the congressman. si.com expects 45 million views and video plays today alone. happy valentine's day. >> of course kudlow viewers are very much aware of the "sports illustrated" cover. we appreciate your help as always. coming up, paul ryan, republican from wisconsin and his first tv interview since the president's budget released. he'll tell us why he's he opposes the budget and how he'll save america. i look forward to it. nesis. in a new, faster-acting formula. zero-to-sixty in less time than a porsche panamera s. the 429 horsepower genesis r-spec. from hyundai. sadly, no. oh. but i did pick up your dry cleaning and had your shoes shined. well, i made you a reservation at the sushi place around the corner. well, in that case, i better get back to these invoices... which i'll do right after making your favorite pancakes. you know what? i'm going to tidy up your side of the office. i can't hear you because i'm also making you a smoothie. [ male announcer ] marriott hotel

dave camp, fred upton, like rogers, that the potters, bill ixonia, bill belichick.ou to our wonderful surrogates. donald trump. it governor tim pawlenty. gov. bob macdonald. the governor chris christie. and you're famous oakland county chair that you love -- let's see, brooks patterson. how could i forget brooks? rep eric nesbit. former state presented a of rocky rakowski. and attorney general, mike cox. i'm sorry to keep going to our state team, lowry and bob. and finally, thank you, kid rock. [applause] the last week, have been going along with mitt, and my son, tagg, too. we have been going all over this state. from the tip of the mid -- [laughter] >> be careful. >> i know, i'd better be careful. but what we have seen out there has broken my heart. i love michigan. i love mckeown. >> -- i love of michigan. >> we love you. [applause] >> i grew up drinking burners end tiger baseball. -- and tiger baseball. and what we saw were people hurting, people out of jobs. and then there was something else, they are so concerned about their children and why it is because of t

as we speak, fred upton, boehner, canter, the whole republican leadership on both sides is pushing aill to change the health care bill to deny people free contraception. >> right. >> i'm just saying that in the presidential race they would rather not make this the talking point. >> the president did something very important. he listened to the institute of medicine and he made a medical choice to say that insurance companies must provide contraception cost free because it keeps women healthy and because it actually saves money. so that is a no-brainer. and the fact that these republicans from rick santorum and the entire field to john boehner think that they want to play politics with this and repeal that requirement when there are so many other requirements. look, i know they want to repeal all of obama care as they call it but they're focusing on this because they do want to eliminate women's access to contraception. so, melinda, i so disagree with you on the notion that republicans are ginning this up. excuse me, democrats are ginning this up. >> i don't mean they're ginning it up

at our table for the white house correspondent's dipper and said to me, you know, my uncle was fred uptony and commerce committee. and i'm sure that's what everyone is wondering, but kate upton, 19 years old, second youngest to be on the cover since 1984. they do big business. the swimsuit issue online will have 45 million clicks today. 7 million clicks on the video. this is 7% of "sports illustrated's" revenue for the year. and this brings your career to new levels, kate. she'll be on the "three stooges" movie coming out. this has launched big careers including kathy ireland on the cover many times. she has a $2 billion annual furniture and branding business, which is quite incredible. >> it really is a launched pad and at only 19 years old. i think we'll talk about kate upton for a long time. nice to see you. >> and we'll have her on cnbc at 1:40 eastern time. >> you already have the existing relationship from the correspondents dinner so this will be great. thank you. >>> a new pew poll highlights the problem for mitt romney. his standing with the independent voters has flipped since n

the republicans right now, we want to quote right now representative fred upton, he's the chairman of commerce committee. he's been designated by speaker boehner to take charge of this issue from the republican side. john baner said he's not satisfied so far. the catholic church and others in our nation's religious community are not yet convinced the president's mandate doesn't constitute an attack on religious freedom. the house of representatives will continue to work towards a legislative solution. so i don't know what to make of that. this is all a combination of church belief, religious belief, background, ideology, and good old-fashioned politics. maybe they don't want to walk back so quickly. they want to give the president some more heat, at least for the weekend. >> i think it's more politics than anything else. let's reason, john boehner is against the entire affordable care act, which provides theç larger context for this debate. so he doesn't want women to be able to get contraceptives without copay or any of the preventive care that people will get without copays through

her uncle is republican congressman fred upton, the chairman of the house energy and commerce committeeserry for setting off an angry sea lion. she says that the animal tried to attack her in a vacation in south africa. she posted these pictures on line. she says they must have thought her shiny smart phone was a fish. she says it roared at her and jumped out of the water, coming within a foot of biting her. the star says her brother stepped in to save her, but she suffered scratches on her hand, as she climbed to a rock to safety. the top five things. police investigating a colorado man they suspect of selling phony meteorites. his own testing he says proves the rocks are real. the detroit red wings are close to the record for most consecutive home wins in an nhl season, but they have to beat dallas tonight. number 3, north korea unveiling a massive bronze statue of lovieanne kim jong il. and congress could be close to a deal to extend the payroll tax credit, set to expire next month. on this day, around the year tw 70, yes, 270, legend has it that clauduous the cruel ordered the death

fred upton of michigan said they will hold a hearing on march 1st abouten on the contraception rulingcts kathleen se bail's to testify on how the decision was made. joining me is rosa delora from connecticut. thank you for joining me. >> thank you. it is a delight to be here. i want to talk to a good catholic girl about this. you went to catholic college. >> i went to catholic grade school, high school and college. i went elementary and high school. so, i think you and i both understand exactly where the energy is on both sides of this. i can completely understand what the official catholic objection is. having just heard david boies educate all of us because i haven't heard anybody explain the constitutional issue here. this doesn't seem to be one. this seems to be labor law. employers in the country are required to observe the laws related to employment. >> i think david was right. it was crystal clear. this is not a constitutional issue. he was clear and the catholic church is exempt from this effort. and its employees. and most recently there was a supreme court that said they cou