Serving You
I came to Congress to represent the Ninth District’s beliefs, values, and interests in our nation’s capital, an honor that I do not take lightly. Being your Congressman requires me to travel to Washington, D.C. and other places for legislative purposes, but no matter where I might be, serving you remains one of my top priorities.
The role of my office is to serve as… Read more »
Congressman Griffith’s Ninth District STAFF will be available at the following locations during the month of September:
September 4, 2013
Smyth County: 10:00am – 12:00pm
Town Council Chambers
138 West Main Street
Marion, VA
Covington: 10:00am –… Read more »
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today issued the following statement in response to the newly-declassified Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA Court) opinions:
“I am pleased that the Administration is finally releasing several of the FISA Court rulings which show some of their reasoning in allowing the NSA surveillance programs to seize our phone records, etc. … Read more »
NSA Privacy Violations
The Washington Post recently published an article that detailed an internal audit indicating that the National Security Agency (NSA) breaks privacy rules “thousands of times per year.” This May 2012 audit finds 2,776 “incidents” – instances in which rules or court orders regarding domestic surveillance were violated – from April 2011 through March… Read more »
Meeting with Local Officials
I recently had the opportunity to visit with local officials from each community in the Ninth District of Virginia, thanking them for their service and discussing their successes, issues they face, and expectations for the future. Local officials from each of the Ninth District’s 29 jurisdictions were invited to these meetings, which we scheduled over… Read more »
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement regarding President Obama’s statement today on improving oversight of the NSA’s surveillance activities:
“I look forward to seeing the FISA Court opinions and the reasoning of the court that the President indicated the Administration will release. While I understand they may need to protect names and other personal… Read more »
The NSA and You
Since the story broke of the massive National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance programs collecting the phone records of all Americans, some have stood up in defense of these programs, insisting that Members of Congress… Read more »
Congressman Griffith’s Ninth District STAFF will be available at the following locations during the month of August:
August 2, 2013
Martinsville: 11:00am – 1:00pm
NCI
Room 106 – Classroom Building
30 Franklin Street
Martinsville, VA
Scott County: 10:00am – 12:00pm
Community Services Building
Community Room
190 Beech Street
Gate City,… Read more »
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 »
