As your Congressman, I am committed to making sure that your views and positions are heard when key issues are debated in Washington. Please share with me your perspective about some the issues and proposals that may come before the Congress in 2015. To take the 2015 Congressional Issues Survey, please click here or visit http://morgangriffith.house.gov/2015issuessurvey/ . With concerns, comments, or to request a physical copy of the 2015 Congressional Issues Survey, you can call my Abingdon of...
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Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today issued the following statement regarding reports that Governor Terry McAuliffe (D-VA) will soon be proposing to limit State tax credits and deductions that assist coal producers with coalfield jobs and electricity generation: “Coal-producing regions such as the Ninth District of Virginia are already reeling from job losses resulting from federal regulations and the Obama Administration’s ongoing war on coal. Sadly, now it seems our State Executive will so...
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Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement today after voting against the nine-month government spending bill: “As with all compromises, this bill includes a number of both good and bad items, which I often refer to as ‘candy apples’ and ‘toads,’ respectively. I understand that action must be taken, and I appreciate the hard work that has gone into this bill. However, I feel there are myriad reasons to oppose this particular compromise.” “I strongly believe that in Novembe...
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Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement after voting in favor of the Tax Increase Prevention Act (H.R. 5771): “This legislation, as is often the case, is far from perfect. It includes tax credits for the wind power industry, tax credits I oppose. However, it also contains provisions supportive of our farmers, teachers, and small businesses. As is the case with all compromises, I try to determine whether the good outweighs the bad.” “In this bill, I believe the good narr...
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Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA), who on Tuesday, October 21 called on the Obama Administration to release 2015 health insurance rates by Tuesday, October 28, today issued this statement following a recent Forbes article indicating that non-group health insurance “…premiums rose in all but 6 states (including Washington DC)” and that, “In 2014, premiums in the non-group market grew by 24.4% compared to what they would have been without Obamacare.” Griffith stated: “Despite repeated promises fr...
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46 and 387 In an October 2 speech, President Obama asserted, “By every economic measure, we are better off now than we were when I took office.” The President may think everything is okay, but I don’t. And when I talk to constituents, they don’t think everything is okay either. Too many are unemployed or underemployed, have only part-time jobs when they want full-time work, or have dropped out of the workplace entirely. Too many people are seeing their income and wages reduced. 46 jobs bills (so...
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IRS “Loses” Emails On Friday, June 13 – more than a year into Congressional investigations regarding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) having improperly handled applications submitted by “Tea Party” or “Patriot” groups – the IRS announced they have lost Lois Lerner’s emails to or from outside agencies or groups from a period of January 2009 – April 2011 as a result of a supposed computer crash. Really?? We are just learning about this alleged crash more than a year into Congress’ investigation?...
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The Latest Obamacare “Glitch” More than eight months after its launch, the Obamacare system remains incomplete. People’s costs and coverage remain unclear. As of May 27, according to documents recently released by staff with the House Energy and Commerce Committee, there are at least 4 million inconsistencies in applications in Obamacare’s federal marketplace, which was launched without a system in place to process these inconsistencies. In fact, the system still does not have the capability to ...
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Lack of Oversight at the EPA Those who read this column regularly may remember my bill, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Maximum Achievable Contraction of Technocrats (MACT) Act, H.R. 3641, which would reduce the EPA’s workforce by 15 percent within three to four years. I introduced this bill because I believe the EPA has too many people working on new regulations which hurt jobs, as opposed to being out in the field overseeing the implementation of current regulations. Accordingly, do ...
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Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s State of the Union address earlier this evening: “President Obama could have used his time tonight laying out his plans to work with Congress to improve our health care system, increase our energy independence, encourage job growth, decrease our debt and deficits, and more. Instead, he told us he is planning a lot of executive actions. If he is not willing to roll up his sleeves and work with Congr...
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