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United States Must Present A Strong Face Individuals can often be judged by how they perceive those around them. To his credit in foreign affairs, President Obama seems to view his fellow world leaders as people who want a fair deal and who want to do what is right.  This, I believe, reflects well on the President’s core beliefs.  To me this indicates he truly wants fair deals,… Read more »

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) and Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) today introduced the Curb Opioid Misuse by Advancing Technology (COMBAT) Act (H.R. 5127), which would encourage drug manufacturers to engage in studies demonstrating abuse-deterrent effectiveness and to increase diversity in abuse-deterrent technology, technologies that make opioids harder to abuse.  The bill… Read more »

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today voted in favor of the Email Privacy Act (H.R. 699), legislation he had cosponsored to require that government bureaucrats and/or law enforcement officials acquire a search warrant prior to obtaining electronic communications content.  The bill improves privacy protections for electronic communications stored or maintained by a third-party… Read more »

Puerto Rico Among the issues being debated in Washington is the situation in Puerto Rico.  Puerto Rico – which is a territory of the United States – has more than $118 billion in debt in the form of bonds and unfunded pension liabilities.  Puerto Rico has already defaulted on portions of its debt, and also has not produced audited financial statements for two years. Puerto Rico… Read more »

Congressman Griffith’s Ninth District STAFF will be available at the following locations during the month of May. May 3, 2016 Tazewell County:   10:00 am – 12:00 pm Richlands Town Hall 200 Washington Square Richlands, VA Buchanan County:   2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Grundy Town Hall 1185 Plaza Drive Grundy, VA Pulaski County:    2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Dublin Town… Read more »

Griffith said, “...While I am encouraged by the bipartisan bills that today passed the Health Subcommittee and am pleased by my colleagues’ support of my amendment, we must diligently continue our important work on combating this growing epidemic.” Read more »

IRS Reform This week – the week Americans are expected to file their taxes – the House is planning to vote on four measures that would make some initial reforms at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).  The following paragraphs will elaborate on the bills, though the legislation may not be voted on in this order. H.R. 1206, the No Hires for Delinquent IRS Act would prevent the IRS from… Read more »

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today joined 26 bipartisan Senators and Representatives in sending a letter to President Obama urging him to remove barriers to research on medical marijuana and facilitate new medical research on cannabis and its derivatives. Griffith said, “While I do not support marijuana for recreational use, countless reports tell of marijuana’s medicinal benefits… Read more »

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) will be hosting his 2016 Service Academy Day on Saturday, April 16, 2016.  Students will have the opportunity to meet with invited officials from the U.S. Air Force Academy, the U.S. Military Academy (West Point), the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, as well as representatives from Virginia Tech… Read more »

Veterans Hospitals' Wait Time According to a story published last week by USA TODAY, “Supervisors instructed employees to falsify patient wait times at Veterans Affairs’ medical facilities in at least seven states…” The story continues, “Employees at 40 VA medical facilities in 19 states and Puerto Rico regularly ‘zeroed out’ veteran wait times, the analysis shows.  In some cases,… Read more »