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U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., was quoted in a press release as stating, “This decision by the court marks an important step in stopping the EPA from making up new illegal processes designed to withhold mine permits. The EPA seems to think its mission is to make it increasingly difficult for the U.S. to tap into its domestic energy resources, including coal, oil and natural gas.” Read more »

With an eye on the 2012 elections, the House Republican leadership is debating whether to embrace one of two strikingly different strategies on a balanced-budget amendment (BBA). Read more »

House Republicans are planning to go after Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules again next week, by bringing up legislation aimed at delaying regulations related to emissions from cement plants and commercial boilers. Read more »

"Investments required by these rules are irreversible. For those businesses that cannot make those investments, and decide to stop producing their product at a particular location, the job losses are irreversible," Rep. Morgan Griffith (R., Va.), who introduced one of the bills approved by the Energy and Commerce Committee, said in a statement. Read more »

“Will you tell us if these companies start to have problems, so that we can anticipate this and try to figure to what we need to do as the folks who are ultimately responsible for the spending of the taxpayers’ money?” Griffith asked. Read more »

Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA09), who serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, was on the Sean Hannity Show to talk about Congress and its look at the solar panel company Solyndra and its interaction with the White House. Read more »

The 1,100 full- and part-time employees who were abruptly laid off two weeks ago aren't the only ones whose paychecks have been affected by the sudden and dramatic failure of bankrupt solar energy company, Solyndra Inc. Read more »

Should members of Congress cut their salaries or raise the age at which they can draw a congressional pension when many Americans are making personal sacrifices during the country's prolonged economic crisis? Read more »

A House panel Tuesday voted to delay two sets of Environmental Protection Agency air-pollution rules by 15 months. Read more »

President Obama delivered his job creation address to a joint session of Congress Thursday night, laying his plan to spur job creation and jumpstart a stalling economy. Read more »