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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 »

Would you like to join our tele-town halls? Over 4,000 residents of the Ninth District in all of its 29 jurisdictions have already participated in 2019. When we call the jurisdictions that are covered in an event, we only dial landlines and the cell phone numbers of people who have opted in. I don’t like to bother you when you are out without your permission, so if you would like to… Read more »

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement after introducing a bill to name the Federal building and United States courthouse in Abingdon after the late Judge H. Emory Widener Jr.: “Emory Widener led a long and distinguished life of service to the United States. After serving in World War II, he took up the law. First sitting on the U.S. District Court for the… Read more »

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today issued the following statement after retaining his places on the Subcommittees on Energy, Health, and Oversight and Investigations of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, notwithstanding the reduction by over 30% of Republican membership of these Subcommittees: “I am pleased to have been reappointed to these Subcommittees. The Energy and… Read more »

Partial Government Shutdown I have heard questions from constituents regarding the operations of the Federal Government that will continue operating during the partial government shutdown. While some departments remain unfunded, some were covered by appropriations bills that have been signed into law. For example, the Department of Defense has been funded, meaning servicemen and -women… Read more »

“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” John Adams made this observation almost 250 years ago. I recalled his words when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in arguing against more funding for security at the southern border, claimed that President Trump was “manufacturing a… Read more »

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today issued the following statement after introducing legislation to increase availability of sexual assault forensic exam (SAFE) services: “Incidents of sexual assault are horrific, but coping with their aftermath can also be painful for victims. My bill would help medical facilities covered under the federal 340B program improve their services for… 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 »

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement regarding the upcoming placement of a permanent medication drop box in the lobby of the Alleghany County Sheriff’s Office: “Unused medication can be dangerous and is a driver of the opioid crisis. Prescriptions that are filled but not completely used may remain in medicine cabinets, where they can be accessed for… Read more »

The year 1619 does not loom as large in American memory as some others from our colonial experience. When thinking of those early times of English settlement in North America, 1607, the year Jamestown was founded, and 1620, when the Pilgrims landed in what is now Massachusetts, are more likely to come to mind.  Yet the events of 1619 had a profound impact. They are worth remembering… Read more »