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The Wall Street JournalBy HAROLD FORD JR.

Philadelphia's historic shipyard will soon be the construction site for two huge oil-tanker transport ships, each weighing more than 115,000 tons. This new investment will create 1,000 jobs--great news for Philadelphia but even better news for America. Despite all the criticism about Washington's inability to jump-start our economy, American businesses remain confident enough to pursue big projects like this $400 million ExxonMobil venture.

In Alaska, meanwhile, more jobs are on the way after the Obama administration's announcement last...

WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) responded to the recent letter from White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler that the White House would not provide internal White House communications related to Solyndra. On October 5, 2011, the committee leaders requested the internal communications after recently produced documents revealed the President's closest confidantes monitored the Solyndra loan.

Upton and Stearns made the following statement:

"What is the White...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Reps. Greg Walden (R-OR) and Lee Terry (R-NE), the chairman and vice chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee, today welcomed news of an agreement reached by the Federal Communications Commission and the wireless industry to avert "bill shock" among wireless users. The agreement calls for carriers to alert consumers before they reach their wireless plan limits, giving them advance warning before they accrue additional charges. Notably, the agreement for an industry standard to improve disclosure to consumers comes through consultation...

WASHINGTON, DC - The United States for decades has led the global medical device industry, providing life-saving and life-improving devices to patients and employing more than two million people in device-related jobs.  However, the Food and Drug Administration's unpredictable, inconsistent, and non-transparent handling of the review process has threatened our nation's medical device leadership, hurting patients, American jobs, and innovation. After hearing from patients, inventors, investors, and employers, committee members from both sides of the aisle introduced ten legislative solutions to improve the predictability, consistency, and transparency of...