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My thoughts and prayers are with the entire Virginia Tech community and the Town of Blacksburg as we continue to learn more about the shooting on campus today. Read more »

The additional development of the Coalfields Expressway and also continuing to widen and improve conditions on Route 58 will benefit economic development in Southwest and Southside Virginia. Read more »

President Roosevelt correctly declared that this would be a day that would live in infamy. Read more »

Kenny Rogers‘ “The Gambler” holds many lessons for Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu in his handling of the Solyndra bankruptcy fiasco. Read more »

Regulatory overreach isn’t just affecting coal mines and manufacturers. Read more »

Republicans on Capitol Hill are working on a new plan to extend unemployment benefits that would reform the system so prisoners and people making more than $100,000 annually would not be eligible for the payments. Read more »

I am carefully reviewing the revised Boiler MACT rules and hope that these are an improvement over the previously proposed rules. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., is thinking small when it comes to job creation in Virginia’s Ninth Congressional District. And his plan appears to have merit. Read more »

“Ninth District seniors have only a few days remaining to make optional changes to their Medicare coverage for 2012,” said Congressman Griffith. Read more »

December 5, 2011 Independence: 10:00am – 12:00pm Grayson County Administration Building Board Room Suite 206 129 Davis Street Independence, VA Galax: 2:00pm – 4:00pm Galax Municipal Building 111 E. Grayson Street Galax, VA December 6, 2011 Covington:  10:00am – 12:00pm Covington City Hall City Hall Conference Room 333 W. Locust Street Covington, VA Marion:… Read more »