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Griffith said the region won’t just lose jobs at the power plants themselves when they close. In a recession, he said, the resulting power rate increase of 10 to 15 percent in the region “will make it even harder for small businesses to keep the lights on and create jobs.” Read more »

"Everybody here is on pins and needles about that...we were supposed to be in the district all week, that's been cancelled," said Griffith. Read more »

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CHARLESTON — Coal-fired utilities in a 23-state region of the eastern United States will have to ramp up their emissions control efforts by Jan. 1, 2012 in order to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Cross-state Air Pollution Rule”  that was issued on Thursday. According to information posted on the EPA’s web site, the Cross-state Air Pollution Rule “will help… Read more »

Local small business owners, homeowners and renters still struggling after the April storms now have another source for assistance funding: Gov. Bob McDonnell announced Thursday that the U.S. Small Business Administration approved his request for low-interest loans for Washington and Pulaski counties. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith says high energy prices are stalling an economic recovery. Tuesday night, Griffith, R-9th, speaking at a town hall meeting in Covington, called for an easing of government regulations to make energy more affordable to consumers and businesses. "With a dependable work force and cheap, affordable energy, we can compete with any country in this world," he… Read more »

Griffith said state legislators have sent letters to the Barack Obama Administration over the past two weeks supporting McDonnell’s request and urging the president to grant federal disaster assistance. Read more »

With the blessing of House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.), four Republicans and four Democrats from the committee unveiled a bill today that would give U.S. EPA more time to rework its new air pollution limits for industrial boilers. Read more »

In a bipartisan act introduced in the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee June 22, eight legislators called for additional time for the U.S. EPA to fix the Maximum Achievable Control Technology Rules, which have been temporarily suspended. Read more »

"Congress may need to take action and try to make sure the President understands he needs to follow the Constitution. If he's going to go to war, he needs Congress involved in that," said Congressman Griffith. Read more »