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U.S. President Donald Trump announced a series of actions at the White House to help the U.S. American coal industry. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Environment Subcommittee Chair and U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) attended the White House event. Following the event, Rep. Griffith issued the following statement: “The ‘War on Coal’, launched by the Obama… Read more »

Each year, the U.S. House of Representatives sponsors the Congressional Art Competition for high school students. This competition is an exciting way for a student from our region to represent the Ninth Congressional District in Washington. The Artistic Discovery Contest is open to all high school students in the Ninth District. The chosen theme for 2025 is “Commemorating Virginia’s… Read more »

With a new U.S. President and new leadership in the U.S. Senate, House Republicans are working hard to deliver important, commonsense bills to President Trump’s desk. These bills range from all policy issues, including cracking down on illegal immigration and illicit fentanyl, unleashing American energy independence and protecting girls in women’s sports. Some of these bills are ones… Read more »

Congressman Griffith’s Ninth District STAFF will be available at the following locations during the month of April.   In the event of inclement weather (heavy snow, sleet, icy rain, etc.), traveling office hours may be rescheduled to avoid putting constituents at risk. If a County’s or City’s schools are closed, then its office hours will be closed as well. Please… Read more »

As promised before the election, President Donald Trump committed to prioritizing the best interests of the United States by securing our homeland and combatting outside threats to our national security. We have already seen important progress just months into Trump’s second term. After a visit to Panama by Secretary of State Marco Rubio over concerns that Communist China exercised… Read more »

Appearing before the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies for the panel’s “Member Day”, U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) testified in support of the Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization (AMLER) program.    The Subcommittee is responsible for drafting the Fiscal Year 2026 Interior and Environment… Read more »

On March 18, astronauts sent to space by NASA and its historical aerospace partners could not be brought home by that same team.  SpaceX came to the rescue! Why did this happen? It happened because Elon Musk recognizes the status quo will not work. He founded SpaceX to do a mission largely abandoned by NASA, and that is to get man to Mars.  To paraphrase Gene… Read more »

As the chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Environment, part of my responsibility is to oversee the Brownfields Program. This is mostly a bipartisan effort, but it is specifically helpful to the Ninth District. A brownfield site is a piece of property where the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of the site may be complicated by the presence or potential… Read more »

The U.S. Senate voted and passed a continuing resolution, H.R. 1968 – the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025. This continuing resolution now heads to President Trump’s desk to avoid a government shutdown. Government funding runs out at 11:59 pm on Friday, March 14. Following passage of the continuing resolution, U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the… Read more »

The murderer of Big Stone Gap police officer Michael Chandler has received a sentence of 100 years of active imprisonment related to Chandler’s November 2021 murder. In Wise County, U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) joined Attorney General Jason Miyares and local officials for a press conference to welcome the verdict and pay homage to Officer Chandler. Representative Griffith… Read more »