Candy Apples and Toads
An analogy I like to use for the legislative process invokes candy apples and toads. Legislation rarely includes only things I like – the candy apples – or omits the things I really dislike – the toads. Considering whether to support a bill usually means weighing whether there are enough candy apples to cover up the bad taste of a few toads.
End-of-year… Read more »
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today issued the following statement:
“I believe the need exists for further economic relief in response to the damage inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic. I am ready to support a rational package to provide it.
“During a call with the Republican Conference, I urged our leadership to keep any coronavirus package separate from the anticipated omnibus… Read more »
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 8294:
“I believe apprenticeships provide valuable education opportunities. I cannot support H.R. 8294 or its Republican alternative, however, because they spend billions of dollars of taxpayer money during a time of significant emergency spending. Congress has already passed trillions of dollars… Read more »
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement opposing H.R. 6800, the House Democrat bill to be voted on in the House of Representatives Friday evening:
“I’m voting against H.R. 6800, Speaker Pelosi’s $3 trillion, 1,815 page long liberal wish list. Her bill outrageously attempts to use the present crisis to radically transform America.
“Among other preposterous… Read more »
Fiscal Restraint
While the Federal Government needs to spend on some things, it ought to be frugal with your hard-earned tax dollars.
It was nice to be recognized in a recent Blaze TV story and Washington Examiner article as one of the few Members of Congress whose votes in the 115th Congress (2017-18) would have resulted in a net spending cut. This data came from the Coalition to… Read more »
Rules are important. This is a foundational principle in a republic based on democratic principles.
The first vote I cast in the Virginia House of Delegates was against a rules package. I voted no because it did not contain proportional representation for political parties in committee membership, something I believed necessary for good representation. A later assembly adopted my… Read more »
Honoring Our Veterans
Each November 11, our country honors Veterans Day. It is a way we can show our gratitude for those brave men and women who put on the uniform to protect us and the freedoms we cherish.
This year’s observance holds a special significance, for it is the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month in… Read more »
Reports have circulated in recent months, mostly on questionable news outlets like Facebook etc., asserting that a Balanced Budget Amendment passed through Congress, namely H. J. Res. 2, requires money to be taken from the Social Security Trust Fund.
Claiming that balancing the budget takes money away from Social Security or Medicare is crazy talk!
I supported the Balanced Budget… Read more »
A saying often attributed to the late Senator Everett Dirksen (R-IL) goes, “A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money.” It’s a warning about how easily government spending can spiral out of control. But through a special procedure called rescission, Congress may soon make targeted cuts here or there that, while modest, amount to real savings.
On May 8,… Read more »
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement regarding his vote on the rule to bring up the $1.3 trillion omnibus appropriations bill:
“This rule allows the omnibus appropriations bill to be taken up less than 24 hours after being posted. I plan to vote against this same-day rule.
“I have pledged to read every bill before I could vote in favor of it. The omnibus is… Read more »
