The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded a grant of $1,266,794 to Solutions That Empower People (STEP), Inc for Head Start projects. U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement:
“STEP sponsors important child development services for families and children of Bedford, Franklin, Henry and Patrick Counties, and the City of… Read more »
One of my favorite movies has always been The Wizard of Oz.
When my children were younger, I would often, in trying to teach them, recite the famous lines of the Cowardly Lion.
“What makes the flag on the mast to wave?”
“Courage!”
“What makes a King out of a slave?”
“Courage!”
One day as I was driving, a little voice piped up from the car seat in the back.
“Daddy, has that… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) has introduced H.R. 7853, the Royalty Transparency Act, which requires officers and employees in the executive branch to file financial disclosure reports and report royalty payments that they receive. The bill also mandates this information be made publicly accessible.
“The American people are losing faith and trust in their institutions,… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) has introduced H.R. 7854, the Unaccompanied Minor Placement Notification Act, which requires the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) to provide advanced notification to school districts and child welfare agencies when an unaccompanied minor is placed in their respective jurisdictions.
“Unaccompanied minors… Read more »
While I travel throughout Virginia’s Ninth Congressional District, one of the opportunities afforded to me is visiting our local schools.
The Ninth District is big, comprised of twenty-eight cities and counties.
It is home to more than sixty high schools.
School visits allow me to talk directly with students and listen to their questions and… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today announced that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded the Virginia Rural Health Association (VHRA), based in Blacksburg, Virginia, a $100,000 grant to improve health and workforce outcomes in Appalachia. VHRA receives these funds as a result of ARC awarding a larger project, Help Our People Expand the Ecosystem (HOPEE), whose… Read more »
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the United States has enjoyed status as the sole world superpower.
The defeat of the Evil Empire, coined by President Ronald Reagan, meant freedom could sound across the globe.
In 2024, those gains of freedom are under siege.
Challenging those freedoms as well as the leadership of the United States are a set of… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded Virginia Tech a $214,505 grant for cancer treatment research. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement:
“Virginia Tech has a dedicated and talented group of professionals advancing our knowledge and capabilities in the health… Read more »
Congressman Griffith’s Ninth District STAFF will be available at the following locations during the month of April. Traveling office hours follow the status of local government offices, which vary across the 23 counties and five independent cities of the Ninth District.
April 9, 2024
Tazewell County (Bluefield): 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Town of Bluefield Council… Read more »
As we approach Easter, I am always reminded of one of my favorite stories from the Cold War, between the United States, the West and the Soviet Union.
That story involves Soviet Communist leader Nikolai Bukharin. A Bolshevik revolutionary and member of the Politburo, Bukharin rose to great prominence in Soviet circles following the Russian Revolution of 1917.
The Communist… Read more »
