Morgan Griffith

In advance of President Obama’s remarks this evening regarding his plans to move on immigration via executive order, Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today issued the following statement: “Reports indicate the foundation of President Obama’s legal theory behind his plans on immigration is the criminal law doctrine of prosecutorial discretion. If these reports are true, the President through his executive actions is refusing, in a blanket form, to prosecute violators of the United States’ immig... Read more

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... Read more

Ebola: An Update On September 16, President Obama said from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia: “First and foremost, I want the American people to know that our experts, here at the CDC and across our government, agree that the chances of an Ebola outbreak here in the United States are extremely low. We’ve been taking the necessary precautions, including working with countries in West Africa to increase screening at airports so that someone with the virus doesn’t get on a ... Read more

Immigration Reform Update Since taking office, President Obama has promised to take action on immigration reform. He guaranteed he would do so in his first year in office. When the Democrats controlled the House and the Senate, he focused instead on other issues, including Obamacare. More recently, in late June, the President said he planned to use his executive authority by the end of summer to change our immigration system without Congress. However, on Saturday, September 6, it was announced t... Read more

Protecting Veterans and our Border Veterans On Wednesday, July 30, the House of Representatives passed the Veterans’ Access to Care Through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act (H.R. 3230). Importantly, this bill will require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to allow eligible veterans to receive care outside of the VA system at non-VA facilities if that veteran resides more than 40 miles from the nearest VA medical facility – as is often the case in the Ninth District – or if tha... Read more

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today issued the following statement after voting in favor of legislation to address the crisis at the United States’ southern border: “Today, after negotiations by many lawmakers including Representatives Bob Goodlatte (VA-06), Louie Gohmert (TX-01), Raul Labrador (ID-01), and Steve King (IA-04), the House of Representatives passed a bill to address the influx of unaccompanied children illegally entering the United States at our southern border. Many of these ... Read more

“While I am personally opposed, American citizens impacted by such a decision ought to know beforehand, and they should have a meaningful opportunity to have their voices heard.” Read more

The Save American Workers Act On Thursday, April 3, the bipartisan Save American Workers Act, which would restore the standard American work week of 40 hours, passed the House in a vote of 247-179 with my strong support. This important bill would repeal Obamacare’s requirement that employers offer health care coverage to those working at least 30 hours per week. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has reported that employers are responding to this Obamacare requirement by cutting hours or replacing ful... Read more

Immigration Reform Update/No Amnesty As I have said many times, I do believe our immigration system is broken. However, my firmly cemented belief is that one of our top priorities ought to be defending America’s borders and enforcing our laws, not bending over backwards to accommodate those who break them. I am of the view that proposals allowing illegal immigrants to simply come into the United States and stay here without consequence undermine our national security, encourage more illegal immi... Read more

Immigration, Coal, and Zimmerman Immigration I have received quite a few questions about developments on immigration reform. I believe our immigration system is broken, but do not believe that legislation recently passed by the Senate is the solution. The Senate passed one nearly 1,200-page bill. This is a large bill that tries to deal with all of the nation’s immigration issues. In contrast, the House of Representatives is taking a step-by-step approach to immigration reform. Chairman Bob Good... Read more