Congressman Griffith’s Ninth District STAFF will be available at the following locations during the month of February. Traveling office hours follow the status of local government offices, which vary across the 23 counties and five independent cities of the Ninth District.
In the event of inclement weather (heavy snow, sleet, icy rain, etc.), traveling office hours may be… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded Virginia Tech two grants totaling $653,317 for medical research.
“Virginia Tech is one of the preeminent research institutions in the country, doing critical work to advance our knowledge and capabilities in the health sector,” said Griffith. “I am pleased the… Read more »
The Kingdom of Sweden was a great power in Europe, controlling much of the Baltic region during the 17th and early 18th centuries.
Its decline was marked by Sweden’s loss at the Battle of Poltava. In July 1709, King Charles XII and the Swedish army lost to a superior Russian force.
The Battle of Poltava was Sweden’s greatest military disaster and began the rise of Russia as… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today announced that the Department of Transportation has awarded the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers $4,535,000 for road repairs at the John Flannagan Reservoir, located in Dickenson County, Virginia. The grant money was made available through the fiscal year 2024 Federal Highway Administration Emergency Relief Program.
“I am pleased the Department… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today announced that the Department of Transportation has awarded the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers $200,000 for road repairs at the Salthouse Branch Park, located in Henry, Virginia. The grant money was made available through the fiscal year 2024 Federal Highway Administration Emergency Relief Program.
“I am pleased the Department of Transportation… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today announced that the Department of Transportation has awarded three grants worth $4,741,195 to the U.S. Forest Service for road repairs across George Washington and Jefferson National Forests. The grant money was made available through the fiscal year 2024 Federal Highway Administration Emergency Relief Program.
“I am pleased the Department of… Read more »
Nearly one year ago, myself and other members of the Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee’s Oversight Subcomittee and Health Subcommittee traveled to McAllen, Texas, to hold a joint field hearing, which I chaired, on the state of our southern border. We heard from witnesses who had real-life experience dealing with the consequences of the Biden Administration’s poor border policies.
A… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) announced today that Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded a grant of $300,000 to the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center Foundation for the Southwest Virginia Regional Simulation Lab for Nursing and Allied Health.
“This grant by ARC is great news as it will be used to create a new state-of-the-art multidisciplinary lab,… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded $2.5 million to Virginia Tech, through their Grid Overhaul with Proactive, High-speed Undergrounding for Reliability, Resilience, and Security program. This grant money will be used to develop a look-ahead sensing system, which will… Read more »
On January 8th and 9th, I participated in a two-day Congressional transcribed interview (what normal people would call a deposition) with Dr. Anthony Fauci to learn more about his role in the COVID-19 outbreak and response.
These are my key takeaways from my preparation for the deposition and the deposition itself:
1. We need better protocols and oversight… Read more »
