Fred Upton
Fred Upton
Frederick Stephen "Fred" Uptonis the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 6th congressional district, serving since 1987. He is a member of the Republican Party and Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The district stretches along the Michigan-Indiana border in the southwestern part of the state...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth23 April 1953
CountryUnited States of America
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We have seen hundreds and hundreds of accidents, many serious injuries, ... And what this bill does is correct those problems.
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To my mind legitimate questions have been raised by several of our witnesses about the standards of the application and selection process, questions which must in fact be answered by ICANN,
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