Press Releases

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today issued the following statement on the Supreme Court ruling in the King v Burwell case related to Obamacare health care law subsidies: “I am disappointed by this ruling, and do not understand how the Supreme Court could have ruled this way based on the plain meaning of the English language used in the text of the Obamacare health care law. … Read more »

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today issued the following statement after voting in favor of the Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 2042), which passed the House of Representatives in a vote of 247-180: “I believe that this Administration’s so-called ‘Clean Power Plan’ is not only expensive, burdensome, and unreasonable, but that based on the law and prior court opinions, the… Read more »

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today applauds the recent announcement that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is eliminating the Public Health Service (PHS) Review Committee for non-federally funded medical research on marijuana, which, rather than facilitating such research, is often believed to have delayed and/or impeded it.  Notably, this review process is not… Read more »

Congressmen Morgan Griffith (R-VA) and Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) today issued the following statement after receiving the attached letter from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) responding to the Congressmen's request for an additional Mountain Valley Pipeline scoping meeting in Roanoke County: "We are disappointed in FERC's decision.  However, we encourage people to submit… Read more »

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) was joined today by Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Congressman James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Congressman Gregg Harper (R-MS), and Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) in introducing the Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine (FAST) Act (H.R. 2799).  This bipartisan bill expands access to stroke telemedicine (also called “telestroke”) treatment in… Read more »

Today, Congressman Bob Goodlatte and Congressman Morgan Griffith issued the following statement: "We are pleased that the United States Postal Service has decided to delay its proposed consolidation of the Roanoke Mail Processing Facility until 2016.  It is our hope that this delay will encourage them to reconsider their decision and, ultimately, postpone this vital facility's… Read more »

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement today following his vote against the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2016: “Though it does include some good provisions, I remain of the belief that the National Defense Authorization Act fails to adequately protect our civil liberties.  Put simply, we cannot leave our liberty to… Read more »

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) released the following statement today after learning that affiliates of coal producer Alpha Natural Resources will be reducing their workforce in Tazewell and Wise Counties: “I am saddened by news of workforce reductions at mines in Virginia’s Ninth Congressional District.  My heart goes out to the hardworking coal miners who will be losing their… Read more »

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today released the following statement on the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (H.R. 1191): “After reviewing the current state of the law, I have been convinced that without this legislation, President Obama may have the authority to lift sanctions against Iran without Congressional action.  I do not believe that allowing the President to act… Read more »

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) released the following statement today announcing the winners of the 2015 Congressional Art Competition for the Ninth District: “Congratulations to each of this year’s finalists, two of which are from Salem and two from Bristol!  Selected as First Place this year by our panel of judges from around the Ninth District is Selene Geier from the Salem… Read more »