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As you know, after several months of negotiations, the House and the Senate passed a deal last week to raise the debt limit. Just when you thought the debt limit debate was over, it turns out it is really just getting started. Over the weekend, the credit rating agency Standard and Poor’s downgraded the United States’ long-term credit rating from AAA to AA+. One reason cited by S&P for the downgrade is that the debt limit plan agreed to by Congress and the Administration “falls short.” I voted no for essentially the same reason. This downgrade is another consequence of our nation’s debt problem. Read more »

Neither of the Mountain Empire’s two congressmen was thrilled with a last-minute compromise that allowed President Barack Obama to raise the debt ceiling late Tuesday afternoon and keep the country from going into default on its obligations. Read more »

The House vote that passed a compromise plan to increase the nation's debt limit did so without the support of freshman Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Salem. Read more »

Last week I made the difficult decision to compromise and voted for Speaker Boehner's plan. Read more »

As the debt limit debate has unfolded, I have heard from many folks in the 9th District who are rightfully concerned with our nation’s debt and, like I am, are frustrated by Washington’s lack of spending discipline. Last week I made the difficult decision to compromise and voted for Speaker Boehner’s plan. While the Boehner plan was not perfect, it was a realistic approach and a step in the right direction. Among other things, it required passage of a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution before a second increase in the debt ceiling. Read more »

August 2, 2011 Covington:  10:00am – 12:00pm Covington City Hall City Hall Conference Room 333 W. Locust Street Covington, VA 24426 Marion: 10:00am – 12:00pm Town Council Chambers 138 West Main Street Marion, VA  24354 Bristol: 2:00pm – 4:00pm Bristol VA Public Library Francis E. Kegley Conference Room 701 Goode Street Bristol, VA 24201 New Castle: 2:00pm –… Read more »

The 'Reid Plan'fraught with Washington spending gimmicks, is nothing more than a blank check for President Obama and the spending lovers in Congress. Read more »

Over the past several weeks, I have been listening to many folks in the 9th District who are rightfully concerned with our nation's debt and, like I am, are frustrated by Washington's lack of spending discipline. Read more »

“That being said, I’m trying to do what, in the long run, makes the best sense for the United States and the 9th District of Virginia, and I may find that that may be for me to compromise and accept the Boehner plan,” he said. Read more »

“We don’t want to hurt the United States,” U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-9th, said Wednesday when the Southwest Virginia congressman explained his stance on the Boehner plan. “But we also don’t want to do anything that could be considered as being a symbolic gesture and not have any real impact.” Read more »