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By Charles Owens For The Register-Herald BLUEFIELD — The region’s congressional delegation in Washington responded Tuesday with sharp criticism of new Environmental Protection Agency rules that could effectively prevent new coal-fired power plants from being constructed. “It makes no sense at all, it really makes no sense,” U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said of the EPA carbon… Read more »

Congressman Morgan Griffith issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its new power plant regulations: “In my opinion, these new regulations make it crystal clear that the Obama Administration wants to end the use of coal in our country.  This is a very sad day for coal employers, coal employees, and coal customers.  According to… Read more »

Congressman Griffith’s Ninth District STAFF will be available at the following locations during the month of April: April 3, 2012 Covington: 10:00am – 12:00pm Covington City Hall City Hall Conference Room 333 W. Locust Street Covington, VA Marion: 10:00am – 12:00pm Town Council Chambers 138 West Main Street Marion, VA  Bristol: 2:00pm – 4:00pm Bristol VA Public… Read more »

President’s Health Care Plan – Two Years Later Two years ago last week, the President signed his controversial health care bill into law.  This week, ironically, the Supreme Court will hear roughly six hours of oral arguments to determine if several provisions of the law are constitutional. To be clear, the health care system in our country does need reform, but that reform should… Read more »

Congressman Morgan Griffith issued the following statement after learning the District Court for the District of Columbia issued its decision in the Spruce Mine case (Mingo Logan Coal v. EPA): “I want to thank the court for reining in an out-of-control EPA.  It’s outrageous that the EPA attempted to revoke perfectly good coal mine water permits that had already been issued by the… Read more »

Congressman Morgan Griffith issued the following statement regarding his vote to oppose the Protecting Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act (H.R. 5):   "I wholeheartedly support the repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), but I can’t support it when combined with the PATH Act.  I’ve twice voted against this bill, in committee and on the Floor, because I believe it… Read more »

Sadly, this week we reflect on two terrible tragedies that significantly impacted our district.   Buchanan County Shooting Anniversary On March 13, 2011, the Ninth Congressional District and the law enforcement community suffered a terrible loss.  In a horrific shooting, two deputies of the Buchanan County Sheriff's Department were killed and two seriously injured in the line… Read more »

By Thomas Lester Editor Link The seven lives lost as a result of the Carroll County Courthouse Tragedy of 1912 were remembered on the evening before its 100th anniversary. Descendants and public officials gathered at VFW Post 1115 in Hillsville on March 13 and paid respect to the memory of Judge Thornton Massie, Commonwealth Attorney William Foster, Sheriff Lewis Webb, Juror… Read more »

Protecting and Preserving Medicare While Republicans in Congress have attempted to find practical solutions to this growing crisis, President Obama’s “solution” is to put more Washington bureaucrats in charge and cut billions out of Medicare.  One example of this “solution” was the creation of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) in ObamaCare (PPACA).  IPAB is a board… Read more »

Congressman Morgan Griffith released the following statement after questioning Secretary of Energy Steven Chu at today’s Energy and Power hearing on the President’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget request for the Department of Energy (DOE): “When most of the members were loading up their cars and heading home, the Energy and Power Subcommittee met again to finish its hearing with Secretary… Read more »