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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. Read more »

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. Read more »

“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." Read more »

U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith explained his rationale – and that, he said, of conservatives generally – for their opposition to tax increases as a solution to federal budget woes. Read more »

WASHINGTON — Morgan Griffith has high cholesterol, a problem he tries to combat with diet and exercise. A conversation about federal spending can get the freshman congressman so agitated that you might wonder about his blood pressure, as well. Read more »

The Treasury Department Friday declined to say whether it believes the Energy Department acted illegally when it decided earlier this year to rework a federal loan to Solyndra LLC in an effort to keep the struggling company afloat. Read more »

Moving its way through Congress, the EPA Regulatory Relief Act has received bipartisan approval in the House, leaving Senate approval the last step in passage of legislation that would grant the EPA much-needed time to improve the flawed Maximum Achievable Control Technology Rules. Read more »

The House of Representatives passed legislation Thursday night that would delay new rules to control pollution from industrial boilers and incinerators, part of a Republican effort to roll back or repeal federal regulations that they consider harmful to the economy. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., said Walton’s ruling is an important step in stopping the EPA from making up “illegal processes designed to withhold mining permits.” Read more »

At the Sept. 14 hearing, Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.), himself a lawyer, said to Silver that "common English always trumps legal mumbo jumbo. And the common English makes it clear you are not to subordinate. But in January, when you were at the helm, your people subordinated $75 million of this money, American taxpayer dollars, to private investors." Read more »