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“Growing up in the mountains of Virginia, I did not think we had to worry about tornadoes, but Pulaski and Washington counties proved otherwise,” Griffith said last week. “Disaster relief is not a partisan issue. Members of the Virginia congressional delegation — both Republicans and Democrats — worked together to request FEMA assistance for the impacted areas.” Read more »

House Republicans are poised to take on the Obama administration’s “job-destroying regulations” when Congress reconvenes shortly after Labor Day. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith nods in agreement when he’s reminded that his predecessor, Democrat Rick Boucher, was prolific at getting federal grants for everything from broadband to water lines over a period of three decades. Read more »

"Short term we can deal with it but long term if we don't start cutting spending, I think the average person should be very concerned," says Griffith. Read more »

Neither of the Mountain Empire’s two congressmen was thrilled with a last-minute compromise that allowed President Barack Obama to raise the debt ceiling late Tuesday afternoon and keep the country from going into default on its obligations. Read more »

The House vote that passed a compromise plan to increase the nation's debt limit did so without the support of freshman Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Salem. Read more »

“That being said, I’m trying to do what, in the long run, makes the best sense for the United States and the 9th District of Virginia, and I may find that that may be for me to compromise and accept the Boehner plan,” he said. Read more »

“We don’t want to hurt the United States,” U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-9th, said Wednesday when the Southwest Virginia congressman explained his stance on the Boehner plan. “But we also don’t want to do anything that could be considered as being a symbolic gesture and not have any real impact.” Read more »

The EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011 was introduced last month by Griffith in response to concerns about the Environmental Protection Agency's Boiler MACT rules. The rules are meant to set standards for pollution from power facilities. Read more »

“If we do not solve this problem, we will be making it so that my three children — all under 12 years of age — and your children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren are saddled with a yoke of debt,” Griffith said. Read more »