Appearing before the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies for the panel’s “Member Day”, U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) testified in support of the Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization (AMLER) program.
The Subcommittee is responsible for drafting the Fiscal Year 2026 Interior and Environment… Read more »
On March 18, astronauts sent to space by NASA and its historical aerospace partners could not be brought home by that same team.
SpaceX came to the rescue!
Why did this happen?
It happened because Elon Musk recognizes the status quo will not work.
He founded SpaceX to do a mission largely abandoned by NASA, and that is to get man to Mars.
To paraphrase Gene… Read more »
As the chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Environment, part of my responsibility is to oversee the Brownfields Program.
This is mostly a bipartisan effort, but it is specifically helpful to the Ninth District.
A brownfield site is a piece of property where the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of the site may be complicated by the presence or potential… Read more »
The U.S. Senate voted and passed a continuing resolution, H.R. 1968 – the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025. This continuing resolution now heads to President Trump’s desk to avoid a government shutdown. Government funding runs out at 11:59 pm on Friday, March 14.
Following passage of the continuing resolution, U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the… Read more »
The murderer of Big Stone Gap police officer Michael Chandler has received a sentence of 100 years of active imprisonment related to Chandler’s November 2021 murder. In Wise County, U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) joined Attorney General Jason Miyares and local officials for a press conference to welcome the verdict and pay homage to Officer Chandler. Representative Griffith… Read more »
In what is being deemed as possibly the “biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history”, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced plans for the agency to reconsider numerous EPA regulations. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Environment Subcommittee Chair and U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement:
“Excessive… Read more »
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA), held a hearing entitled “Maximizing Opportunities for Redeveloping Brownfield Sites: Assessing the Potential for New American Innovation.”
As a witness invited to the hearing, LENOWISCO Planning District Commission Executive Director Mr. Duane Miller of Scott… Read more »
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on a continuing resolution, H.R. 1968 – the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025. This continuing resolution now heads to the U.S. Senate for consideration. Government funding runs out at 11:59 pm on Friday, March 14.
Following passage of the continuing resolution, U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following… Read more »
On March 4, I witnessed President Trump deliver his Joint Address to Congress.
This was his first speech at the U.S. Capitol since his inauguration.
In that inaugural speech, Trump proclaimed the Golden Age of America begins right now.
During his Joint Address, he struck a similar tune.
The Golden Age of America consists of numerous Administration policies and goals, some of which are… Read more »
The U.S. House of Representatives passed Rep. Griffith’s H.J. Res. 61, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Rubber Tire Manufacturing.”
This Congressional Review Act resolution overturns the U.S.… Read more »
