Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives approved the 21st Century Cures Act (H.R. 6) in a vote of 344-77: “Passage of the 21st Century Cures Act is the culmination of more than a year’s worth of work by the Energy and Commerce Committee, led by Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Mem... Read more »
Supreme Court Slaps EPA – Did They Learn Anything? As you may recall, last week the Supreme Court found that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must consider costs of regulations of the Clean Air Act before deciding to adopt Mercury and Air Toxics (MATS) rules requiring power plants to cut emissions of mercury, etc. I am of the belief this ruling stands for principles under the Clean Air Ac... Read more »
Congressman Griffith’s Ninth District STAFF will be available at the following locations during the month of July: July 1, 2015 Smyth County: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Town Council Chambers 138 West Main Street Marion, VA Covington: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Covington City Hall City Hall Conference Room 333 W. Locust Street Covington, VA Craig County: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Craig County Administration Building 108... Read more »
Independence Day Last week before a Republican Conference meeting, a wonderful brass quintet from the U.S. Air Force Band was playing. As I was entering the room, they were playing one of the more popular songs of the World War I era, “Over There” written by George M. Cohan, a versatile playwright, composer, singer, dancer, producer, etc. They followed that well-known song with another Cohan class... Read more »
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today issued the following statement on the Supreme Court ruling in the King v Burwell case related to Obamacare health care law subsidies: “I am disappointed by this ruling, and do not understand how the Supreme Court could have ruled this way based on the plain meaning of the English language used in the text of the Obamacare health care law. But this is not th... Read more »
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today issued the following statement after voting in favor of the Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 2042), which passed the House of Representatives in a vote of 247-180: “I believe that this Administration’s so-called ‘Clean Power Plan’ is not only expensive, burdensome, and unreasonable, but that based on the law and prior court opinions, the Environmental Protect... Read more »
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today applauds the recent announcement that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is eliminating the Public Health Service (PHS) Review Committee for non-federally funded medical research on marijuana, which, rather than facilitating such research, is often believed to have delayed and/or impeded it. Notably, this review process is not required by law... Read more »
Helping Patients – An Update As you likely know, one of my priorities as your representative is advancing legislation that would help patients receive quality, affordable health care that meets that patient’s individual health care needs. Among my efforts to help patients are the Patient Choice Act (H.R. 1376), the Compassionate Freedom of Choice Act (H.R. 790), etc. More information on these pr... Read more »
Congressmen Morgan Griffith (R-VA) and Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) today issued the following statement after receiving the attached letter from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) responding to the Congressmen's request for an additional Mountain Valley Pipeline scoping meeting in Roanoke County: "We are disappointed in FERC's decision. However, we encourage people to submit their comments o... Read more »
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) was joined today by Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Congressman James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Congressman Gregg Harper (R-MS), and Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) in introducing the Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine (FAST) Act (H.R. 2799). This bipartisan bill expands access to stroke telemedicine (also called “telestroke”) treatment in Medicare, and has... Read more »
