Press Releases

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) has introduced legislation (H.R. 5562) to allow Congress to appoint members to the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Payment Advisory Commission (MACPAC), which would ensure the integrity and objectivity of Medicaid policy recommendations.  MACPAC commissioners are currently appointed by the Comptroller General, who heads the… Read more »

Late Tuesday, a federal judge appointed by President Barack Obama, Judge Scott Skavdahl of the District Court of Wyoming, ruled that the Interior Department does not have the authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing.  Today, Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: “Various documents and opinions cross my desk, and sometimes, their contents are worth… Read more »

Congressmen Bob Goodlatte (VA- 06) and Morgan Griffith (VA-09) today announced the United States Postal Service (USPS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has confirmed it has begun a review of the consolidation of the Roanoke Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) mail processing operations into the Greensboro P&DC. After Goodlatte and Griffith began receiving a significant… Read more »

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) tonight voted in favor of a resolution (H.J.Res.88) to override the President’s June 8 veto of legislation to repeal the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule.  This rule, which was finalized in April, will impose costly new mandates and burdensome regulations on financial advisors that provide retirement advice.  The rule would require these… Read more »

This week, Congressmen Andy Harris, M.D. (R-MD-01), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-03), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-09), and Sam Farr (D-CA-20) will be introducing the Medical Marijuana Research Act of 2016. This bill heeds the calls of the medical research community to address the burdensome processes that currently impede legitimate medical research on marijuana. This bill is a bipartisan and… Read more »

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today issued the following statement on the passing of Jackie Stump, a longtime delegate who represented Buchanan, Tazewell, and Russell Counties: “Jackie Stump truly was one of a kind; he served in the Air Force before becoming a coal miner-turned-legislator, making history by running – and winning – a brief write-in campaign as an independent. … Read more »

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement regarding his vote against the Huffman Amendment to H.R. 4974 – Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017: “Today, I voted no on the Huffman Amendment, which would prohibit the use of funds to implement section 8(d)(2) of the Veterans Affairs Department (VA) National Cemetery… Read more »

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) and Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) today introduced the Curb Opioid Misuse by Advancing Technology (COMBAT) Act (H.R. 5127), which would encourage drug manufacturers to engage in studies demonstrating abuse-deterrent effectiveness and to increase diversity in abuse-deterrent technology, technologies that make opioids harder to abuse.  The bill… Read more »

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today voted in favor of the Email Privacy Act (H.R. 699), legislation he had cosponsored to require that government bureaucrats and/or law enforcement officials acquire a search warrant prior to obtaining electronic communications content.  The bill improves privacy protections for electronic communications stored or maintained by a third-party… Read more »

Griffith said, “...While I am encouraged by the bipartisan bills that today passed the Health Subcommittee and am pleased by my colleagues’ support of my amendment, we must diligently continue our important work on combating this growing epidemic.” Read more »