Morgan Griffith

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that it has designated Opportunity Zones in Virginia, including areas located in the Ninth District. As a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, new investments in communities designated as Opportunity Zones receive preferential tax treatment, encouraging growth and revitalization in areas facing economic challenges. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: “We passed the Tax Cuts and Job... Read more

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today participated in the announcement that $1.5 million had been awarded to the Pocahontas Exhibition Mine as part of the Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Pilot Program. Congressman Griffith has worked diligently to obtain funding for the program. He issued the following statement: “Plenty of communities throughout Southwest Virginia coal country have abandoned mine lands that must be cleaned up and improved before they can be used to their fullest potential. Today’s... Read more

I’ve never met anyone who doesn’t want clean air and clean water. Protecting our environment is something we all desire. But there are grand ideas about refashioning (but damaging) our economy that offer theoretical benefits we may never see, or there are nuts-and-bolts approaches that can make positive differences in both our environment and our economy. For too long at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), there was more of the former and not enough of the latter. Under the Obama Administ... Read more

As the House of Representatives considers banking legislation, I find myself thinking about the legacy of Maggie Walker, a great success story from the annals of Virginia. Walker was born in Richmond in 1864 to a former slave who, after the War Between the States, worked as a laundress. She helped her mother with this task as she grew up, then became a teacher, and eventually devoted herself to the Independent Order of St. Luke (IOSL), an African-American fraternal society. One of her ideas for ... Read more

Traveling Across the Ninth When the House of Representatives is not voting in Washington, I use the time I have to travel across the Ninth District to hear your stories, your questions, and your concerns. So far this year, I have visited all 29 jurisdictions that make up the Ninth. These visits covered topics from economic development to safety in our schools to individual constituent concerns in one-on-one meetings. Needless to say, with 29 different cities and counties in the Ninth District, I... Read more

Committees are the engines that drive Congress. At the committee level, Members of Congress learn about issues, carefully consider legislation, and conduct oversight to see what works in the Federal Government and what doesn’t. Serving on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, as I do, means a busy schedule. We have a broad jurisdiction that covers policy areas of great importance to average families. In my work on the committee, I look for ways to improve the lives and livelihoods of Southwes... Read more

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, passed by Congress in mid-December and signed into law by President Trump on December 22 of last year, was crafted with a few important goals in mind. That you deserve to keep more of your hard-earned money. That we should encourage businesses to invest and grow in the United States, not overseas. That the people, not the government, know best how to prepare for the economy of tomorrow. Achieving these goals would mean greater prosperity for Americans of all income lev... Read more

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement celebrating jobs and investment in Washington County upon the news that Becker Global-America will invest $150,000 and retrain 63 existing employees for operations in the County: “Becker Global-America’s decision emphasizes the strengths of Southwest Virginia. Here we have a good central location, educational centers from community colleges to Virginia Tech, and skilled workers reputed for their longevity in their employment. The ... Read more

Put ARC in the Appalachian Region Washington, D.C. has been the nation’s capital for over 200 years. The Capitol Building, the White House, and the Supreme Court Building are all located there. So are the headquarters of most federal agencies. Because of the explosion of government agencies and programs since World War II, Washington, D.C. and its suburbs have grown in population tremendously. For example, in the 1950s, Roanoke was the third largest City in the Commonwealth of Virginia and Fairf... Read more

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) has signed on as a cosponsor to H.R. 4810, the Making Available Plans to Promote Investment in Next Generation Networks without Overlapping and Waste (MAPPING NOW) Act. Introduced on January 17 by Congressman Bill Johnson (R-OH) and Congressman Brett Guthrie (R-KY), the MAPPING NOW Act directs the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to update the National Broadband Map, identifying regions of the country that remain underserved wit... Read more