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Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment, held a hearing titled “The Fiscal Year 2026 Environmental Protection Agency Budget.” The hearing, which featured Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, focused on the agency’s budget request for fiscal year 2026.

Chairman Griffith delivered his opening statement on the EPA’s ongoing work to rein in burdensome regulations and advance the “Powering the Great American Comeback” initiative. Click on link below.

Later in the hearing, Chairman Griffith directed questions to Administrator Zeldin on his agency’s work. See below.

BACKGROUND

In the 118^th Congress, Rep. Griffith chaired the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations.

In 2024, Congressman Griffith chaired the hearing, “Fighting the Misuse of Biden’s Green Bank Giveaway.”

Later in 2024, Rep. Griffith helped lead a letter with then-Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers of the Energy and Commerce Committee pressing the EPA for answers regarding Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) awards.

On April 11, 2025, Congressman Griffith joined Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Brett Guthrie and Congressman Gary Palmer in an investigation into eight GGRF grant recipients.

In the 119^th Congress, Congressman Griffith is serving his first term as chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment.

The Environment Subcommittee’s first two hearings of the year focused on the EPA’s regulation of chemical manufacturing and the administration of the Brownfields Program. 

Congressman Griffith recently announced EPA Brownfields grants coming to Virginia’s Ninth District. 

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