U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., is thinking small when it comes to job creation in Virginia’s Ninth Congressional District. And his plan appears to have merit.
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Like Warner, Griffith now says he too is disappointed. In a statement released Monday he says, "After months of negotiations, the result is a stalemate, which offers no clear path for reducing our massive debt."
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All eight Republicans who represent Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives called on Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Wednesday to reconsider a decision to ban offshore oil and gas drilling off the commonwealth’s coast.
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An energy company that received a $43 million loan guarantee through the same federal program that backed Solyndra has followed the path of the failed solar firm and filed for bankruptcy.
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A House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican alleged Monday that the White House is setting up the Energy Department for a fall in the controversy over DOE’s loan programs.
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Some aspects of President Barack Obama’s proposed jobs plan bear a closer look, said 9th District U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith, but other elements simply won’t work, he said.
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Thousands of families will be welcoming their soldiers home before the year's end. President Obama announced Friday that all remaining U.S. troops in Iraq will be coming home for good. News 5 spoke to those who have family overseas, and they say that day can't come soon enough.
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“Regrettably, there is a need for more counties in Southwest Virginia to be included in this designation,” Griffith said. “The manufacturing, trafficking and abuse of illegal drugs have become causes for great concern throughout our area."
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