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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development today awarded the Russell County Public Service Authority a loan of $97,700 and a grant of $75,000, a total of $172,700, for the purchase of six service trucks. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: “Purchasing new and modern equipment can challenge the budgets of rural communities. Today’s award of… Read more »

Abraham Lincoln was fond of a question that asked: if you call a sheep’s tail a leg, how many legs does it have? If someone answered five, Lincoln said, he would be wrong; calling a tail a leg does not make it so. President Biden has chosen not to heed this lesson. The situation on America’s southern border is a crisis, even when his Administration has refused to acknowledge it. Border… Read more »

The Biden Administration today announced plans to send 1.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Canada and 2.5 million doses to Mexico. This move comes a day after Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) suggested to administration officials in a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing that the current U.S. stockpile of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which has not been… Read more »

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today awarded $2,087,196 to Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems, Inc. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: “Community health centers provide vital medical services to many residents of Virginia’s Ninth Congressional District. The HHS award of $2,087,196 to Southwest Virginia Community Health… Read more »

The freedoms guaranteed by the Second Amendment should not be considered less than the other freedoms protected by the Bill of Rights. Legislation to restrict rights such as free speech, freedom of the press, and due process during criminal proceedings would rightly raise an outcry. The right to keep and bear arms should not be considered differently, and I will never vote to infringe… Read more »

Over the course of a few weeks, House Democrats have passed bill after bill aiming to fundamentally reshape the United States. House Democrat leaders spare no adjectives on what these bills would do. Take H.R. 1, which passed the House on March 3. According to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), it is “paving the way for transformative progress.” In the words of Majority Leader Steny Hoyer… Read more »

Congressman Griffith’s Ninth District STAFF will be available at the following locations during the month of March. Traveling office hours follow the status of local government offices, which vary across the 22 counties and nine independent cities of the Ninth District. As local governments offices reopen, office hours will be resumed. In the event of inclement weather… Read more »

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement announcing the beginning of the 2021 Congressional Art Competition in the Ninth District: “Each year, the U.S. House of Representatives sponsors the Congressional Art Competition for high school students. It’s a great opportunity to see the artistic talents of Southwest Virginia students, one of whom will have his or her… Read more »

The headline on February 27 was a story that seems to be both old news and extraordinary: the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved for emergency use a COVID-19 vaccine produced by Johnson & Johnson after finding it to be safe and effective. It could be considered old news because Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine is the third COVID-19 vaccine to be authorized since December… Read more »

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement announcing the names of his nominees to the United States Service Academies: “Each year I have the honor to nominate a limited number of young men and women to United States Service Academies. These outstanding students represent the best of Southwest Virginia, and they deserve our thanks for their willingness to serve our… Read more »