“One Health” Work in the Ninth District
A recent Washington Post story picked up by the Roanoke Times touches on what is a fairly new phrase, though it has long been accepted as a concept: the “One Health” concept, which the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) describes as recognizing “…that the health of humans is connected to the health of animals and the environment.”
For further… Read more »
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today issued the following statement on the passing of Jackie Stump, a longtime delegate who represented Buchanan, Tazewell, and Russell Counties:
“Jackie Stump truly was one of a kind; he served in the Air Force before becoming a coal miner-turned-legislator, making history by running – and winning – a brief write-in campaign as an independent. … Read more »
Updates
Civil Liberties, Lawful Transportation of Firearms, and Accessing Public Lands
In my column of February 29, I wrote of an amendment I successfully added to the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act (H.R. 2406), legislation which protects Second Amendment rights and guarantees Americans ample access to federal lands in order to hunt, fish, and… Read more »
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) was chosen to serve on the conference committee with the Senate to resolve the differences between House and Senate energy legislation. Griffith, who has served on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and its Subcommittee on Energy and Power since he was elected to the House of Representatives, issued the following statement after the… Read more »
Congressman Griffith’s Ninth District STAFF will be available at the following locations during the month of June.
June 1, 2016
Smyth County: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Town Council Chambers
138 West Main Street
Marion, VA
Covington: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Covington City Hall
City Hall Conference Room
333 W. Locust Street
Covington,… Read more »
Combating Zika
On March 2, my colleagues and I on the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations convened a hearing examining the public health crisis involving the Zika virus, which has affected Africa and Asia for decades but last year reached the Americas. This virus is spread primarily through the bite of an infected Aedes aegypti mosquito. These… Read more »
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement regarding his vote against the Huffman Amendment to H.R. 4974 – Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017:
“Today, I voted no on the Huffman Amendment, which would prohibit the use of funds to implement section 8(d)(2) of the Veterans Affairs Department (VA) National Cemetery… Read more »
Redemption or Politics?
As you may know, Governor Terry McAuliffe (D-VA) signed an executive order on April 22 that restores “…the rights of every Virginia felon who completed his or her sentence and all other requirements as of April 22nd, 2016. The total number of Virginians impacted by the Governor’s order today is 206,000.”
According to a piece in the National Journal, this… Read more »
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement after U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary M. Collyer ruled in the case of United States House of Representatives v. Burwell that the Obama Administration is improperly funding a portion of Obamacare without a separate Congressional appropriation:
“This court and I believe the Obama Administration unlawfully bypassed… Read more »
EPA: “Okay to kill thousands of eagles”
According to a recent Associated Press (AP) story picked up by the Roanoke Times, “The Obama administration is revising a federal rule that allows wind-energy companies to operate high-speed turbines for up to 30 years, even if it means killing or injuring thousands of federally protected bald and golden eagles.”
The story continues, “Under the… Read more »
