Morgan Griffith Journalist Profile

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Congressman Provides A Snapshot Review of 2024 Session

Jan 14, 2025 | virginiastar.net | Morgan Griffith

We are now in 2025. It is a common exercise around this time to reflect on the previous year. There is much that I want to highlight from 2024. Below are some of my accomplishments. Committee Work As Chairman of the Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee, I chaired 10 hearings that explored a wide range of topics, including but not limited […]
Erin Houchin, Tyler O'Neil, Jack Hibbs, Morgan Griffith

Jan 6, 2025 | frc.org | Erin Houchin |Tyler O'Neil |Jack Hibbs |Morgan Griffith

On today’s program: Erin Houchin U.S. Representative for Indiana’s 9th district and House Republican Conference Secretary, outlines what to expect between now and January 20th as the presidential transition continues. She also shares her perspective on President Biden’s decision to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to left-wing donor George Soros.
Congress must advance HALT Fentanyl Act to save lives

Oct 5, 2024 | washingtontimes.com | Bob Latta |Morgan Griffith

OPINION: For many American families, the fentanyl poisoning crisis can be summed up in two words: devastating and deadly. Over the last couple of years, more than 100,000 Americans have died from fentanyl poisoning. It’s important to remember that this is more than an overwhelming statistic; each number represents a life that ended far too soon. We won’t beat around the bush; the Biden-Harris administration’s weak border policies have led to this crisis.
Democrats Voted Against Penalties For Foreign Contributions

Sep 30, 2024 | thefederalist.com | Morgan Griffith

Last week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited an ammunition factory in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The Scranton Army Ammunition Plant is one of the few plants in the United States to manufacture 155mm artillery shells, to AP News. These shells, used in howitzer systems that strike targets up to 20 miles away, have been used by Ukrainian forces in the war against Russia. Zelensky’s decision to visit the ammunition plant came under fishy circumstances. Sept.
Feeding Southwest Virginia to Host Elected Officials Day on Sept. 13

Sep 10, 2024 | virginiastar.net | Morgan Griffith

As an elected representative from our part of Virginia, I see various local organizations receive recognition and praise for their efforts in improving the care and health of our rural communities. Food City, in partnership with the nonprofit United Way, has welcomed me on multiple occasions for their celebrity food bagging event. Most recently, I was a celebrity bagger at […]
Commentary: Morgan Griffith and the art of doing nothing

Aug 2, 2024 | roanoke.com | Morgan Griffith

Morgan Griffith has mastered the art of appearing busy without accomplishing anything for the Ninth District. He pontificates regularly on historic events and is perennially outraged by one perceived injustice or another. Recently, he complained about fishermen being required to pay the salaries of federal monitors on their boats, a Trump era requirement reversed by the Biden administration.
Congressman Griffith’s weekly newsletter

Jul 31, 2024 | herald-dispatch.com | Morgan Griffith

The House of Representatives voted recently on a resolution condemning the failures of the Biden-Harris Administration to secure the United States southern border. President Biden appointed Kamala Harris to oversee migration on our southern border. She was given much authority and was colloquially referred to as being the “border czar” (see CNN coverage at the time). As everyone knows, border crossings dramatically increased during the Biden-Harris era.
Congressman Assists to Gain Federal Recognition for Patawomeck Indians

Sep 26, 2023 | virginiastar.net | Morgan Griffith

Congressman Assists to Gain Federal Recognition for Patawomeck Indians By LMCCarty | on September 26, 2023 Rep. Morgan GriffithNinth District In the House of Representatives, Republicans are working hard to come up with a government spending agreement that makes sense for the American people.
GOP split over looming spending deadline, setting stage for possible shutdown

Aug 16, 2023 | washingtonexaminer.com | Reese Gorman |Stephanie Bice |Morgan Griffith |Bob Good

Although Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said he expects to pass a short-term continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown, House Republicans are split on how they feel about passing the stopgap measure, setting the stage for another internal fight when lawmakers return from the August recess. Congress has until Sept. 30 to pass its annual budget before the new fiscal year begins.
Trampling on the Constitution

Jun 26, 2023 | washingtontimes.com | Morgan Griffith

OPINION: It was recently announced that drugmaker Merck & Co. Inc. was suing the federal government due to a law, passed by Congressional Democrats last year as part of their misnamed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which allows the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to “negotiate”, Vito Corleone (the Godfather) style, for lower drug prices on certain drugs.