The Amash-Conyers Amendment
I regularly receive feedback from people across the Ninth District on a number of issues including the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms, coal and our nation’s energy future, agriculture issues, etc. Recently, we have received many calls concerning massive National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance programs that have been collecting the phone… Read more »
During
debate on the Department of Defense appropriations bill, Congressman Morgan
Griffith (R-VA) was allotted 30 seconds of debate time with which to express
his support for the Amash-Conyers amendment, which would end authority for the
blanket collection of records under the Patriot Act. This amendment would
also bar the NSA and other agencies from using Section 215 of the… Read more »
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) released the following statement after the defeat of the Amash-Conyers amendment:
“While the Amash-Conyers amendment that would rein in the NSA’s data gathering capabilities on U.S. citizens who aren’t suspects failed, I am proud to be a part of a bipartisan group of Congressmen and women who believe our first duty is to protect and uphold the freedoms… Read more »
Immigration, Coal, and Zimmerman
Immigration
I have received quite a few questions about developments on immigration reform. I believe our immigration system is broken, but do not believe that legislation recently passed by the Senate is the solution.
The Senate passed one nearly 1,200-page bill. This is a large bill that tries to deal with all of the nation’s immigration… Read more »
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) released the following statement after voting against Obamacare delay plans in the House of Representatives this evening:
“Like many of my colleagues in the House, I want to be sure that all Americans have access to a health care system that is affordable, high quality, and fair. I also want to be sure that reforms protect health care services for… Read more »
The Student Success Act
Those who read this column regularly know that I am no fan of the federal government trying to control every aspect of public policy. The Constitution clearly intended for the various States to control the majority of public policy, with the federal government taking care of issues such as defense, commerce between the states, and the United States Postal… Read more »
Obamacare – Delay… Hmmmmm…
The Obama Administration recently announced that it would be delaying for one year the ‘employer mandate’ built into the health care reform law, also known as Obamacare. The employer mandate requires businesses with 50 or more full-time employees (which, in the case of Obamacare, applies to employees working 30 or more hours each week) to provide health… Read more »
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement honoring Independence Day:
‘When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent… Read more »
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) released the following statement regarding the Obama Administration’s announcement that it will be delaying for one year the health care reform law’s employer mandate, which requires businesses with more than 50 employees to provide health insurance coverage to employees:
“If the Administration’s decision to not enforce this provision is legal, it is… Read more »
Independence Day
Near the end of June, I was invited to give brief remarks at a celebration with area veterans. I think these remarks are appropriate to share during the 4th of July period. Because I rarely use prepared text, the remarks went something like this:
“I want to thank all of the veterans here today for their service to our country. You have answered the… Read more »
