National Debt

Last week I made the difficult decision to compromise and voted for Speaker Boehner's plan. Read more »

The 'Reid Plan'fraught with Washington spending gimmicks, is nothing more than a blank check for President Obama and the spending lovers in Congress. Read more »

Over the past several weeks, I have been listening to many folks in the 9th District who are rightfully concerned with our nation's debt and, like I am, are frustrated by Washington's lack of spending discipline. 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 »

"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 »