Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) announced today that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded $453,743 to Virginia Tech for their Setting Appalachia's Workforce on Track to Adapt to the Changing Construction Industry project. According to ARC, this investment will allow Virginia Tech to develop a training roadmap, workforce gap analysis, and plan for large scale… Read more »
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) is pleased to announce that the State of Virginia has been awarded $93,123,844 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through their longstanding Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). LIHEAP is designed to help individuals and families in need pay their home cooling costs in the summer and heating costs in the… Read more »
Over the last several years, we have begun exploring the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its application across a variety of sectors—health care, finance, manufacturing, agriculture, and so on. In the Energy Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, we recently held a hearing examining the ways that AI could be used to benefit our energy sector.
As energy… Read more »
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today announced that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded $980,000 to Friends of Southwest Virginia through their Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative.
“Through the ARC funds awarded today, Friends of Southwest Virginia will be able to make substantial investments in Southwest… Read more »
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today announced that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded the Town of Big Stone Gap $1,221,100 through their Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative.
The ARC funds will be used for the Big Cherry Regional Recreation Enhanced Infrastructure Project, which will improve outdoor recreation… Read more »
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) announced today that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Office of High Energy Physics has provided funding for three projects at Virginia Tech which will carry out research into high energy physics. According to DOE, high energy physics is the study of fundamental particles. It explores the elementary constituents of matter and energy, the… Read more »
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 – Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) announced today that the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Technologies Office has awarded Virginia Tech $526,336 to advance a new method of paper recycling that will allow water-based inks to be separated from spent paper fibers.
“Today’s award from the Department of Energy will allow… Read more »
On the morning of October 7th, Hamas (the terrorist organization which currently governs Palestinians in the Gaza Strip) carried out a surprised attack on a number of communities in Israel. Hamas fired thousands of missiles in Israel, as fighters invaded Israel by land, air, and sea.
Hamas’ brutality has been stunning. At the time of writing this column, they have killed more than… Read more »
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded $4,375,389 to the Town of Bedford for the installation of a new diesel-powered generator system for the Centra Bedford Memorial Hospital.
“This award by FEMA to replace the Centra Bedford Memorial Hospital generator system is great news… Read more »
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $400,000 to the Community Housing Partners (CHP) in Christiansburg, Virginia. CHP is a Phase 1 winner of the DOE’S Buildings Upgrade Prize, which awards energy efficiency and efficient electrification building upgrade initiatives.
“The Department of Energy’s award of $400,000 to Community… Read more »
