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H. Morgan Griffith

Representative for Virginia · Republican · United States

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“These changes are not unprecedented, and they closely mirror the bipartisan appointment process Congress adopted for the Architect of the Capitol, which granted congressional control over a key legislative branch institution. Additionally, because of the executive nature of the U.S.”
House of Representatives14 September 2026Source ↗

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 9360, the Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Sunset Act, led by Representative Mary Miller of Illinois, is an important measure that will modernize how Congress manages its records. H.R.”
House of Representatives14 September 2026Source ↗

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 9342, the GPO Modernization Act of 2026, led by Representative Stephanie Bice of Oklahoma, provides several much-needed reforms for the Government Publishing Office.”
House of Representatives14 September 2026Source ↗

“At its core, the bill is about ensuring that agencies of the legislative branch are governed in a manner consistent with our constitutional system, improving continuity in leadership, and strengthening congressional oversight.”
House of Representatives14 September 2026Source ↗

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, my bill, H.R. 10204, the Legislative Branch Agencies Clarification Act, makes important reforms for several vital institutions that serve Congress and the American people, including the Library of Congress, the Government Publishing Office, and the United States Copyrigh…”
House of Representatives14 September 2026Source ↗

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 10204. This is an important bill. It probably won't get headlines or be the lead story on CNN or FOX tonight.”
House of Representatives14 September 2026Source ↗

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“It is important to the Nation as a whole to protect our trucking industry and to protect jobs across this great land. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
“Kiley pointed out in his very good comments on this subject, the problem is when California keeps ratcheting up their regulations, because they are a large economy, as has been pointed out, and because several other States decide to join them, although still in a minority, the manufacturers have to look at that and say: Are we going to manufacture two different types of vehicles for each class, or are we just going to follow what California has done? De facto, this is a regulation on the Nation as a whole. De facto, this decision by the EPA is a regulation on the entire Nation. That is why this Congress is paying attention to its own responsibilities and not listening to the bureaucrats and other unelected officials. We must make a decision and vote to pass H.J. Res. 87.”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I yield ========================= END NOTE ========================= myself the balance of my time.Mr. Speaker, my colleague, the gentleman from New Jersey, is a great guy, and he is a good friend. He is mistaken in part and correct in part. He is right that it is not one-size-fits-all. It is two-sizes-fits-all, and States other than California aren't given the opportunity to determine whether they want to do something that is a little bit different than California or if they want to do something that is a little bit different than the national standard. As Mr.”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I yield =========================== NOTE =========================== On page H1748, April 30, 2025, in the second column, the following appeared:”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
“It is a situation where each State makes a decision on whether they want to adopt California standards for their own pollution problems. I don't think this should be a freedom to pollute. The bottom line is that every State has to look out for its own constituents, and if the situation is such that they need cleaner air and have to try to have some more limitations, then they should be allowed to do so. That is all we are really saying here. We want to protect the public and have cleaner air. For all those reasons, I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to reject this resolution and allow California and other States like mine to continue to be more protective of their constituents. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
“I heard one of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle talk about a freedom to pollute or a freedom to choose. The bottom line is, when there is a problem with clean air, you don't really have a choice, Mr. Speaker. You are going to breathe dirty air. Mr. Speaker, if you are in one of these States like California that feels that they have to have more strict compliance in order to deal with the clean air problem they have in their State, then it is really not fair to suggest that those States should not be able to deal with that problem and have more stringent standards so they can have cleaner air and avoid health problems for their constituents. That is all we are talking about here. This is not a one-size-fits- all. It is just the opposite.”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I am ========================= END NOTE ========================= prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I am =========================== NOTE =========================== On page H1748, April 30, 2025, in the second column, the following appeared:”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to how much time is remaining.”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
“Madam Speaker, point of parliamentary inquiry.”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
“Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I am not against States' rights. I am against creating a super State in California because they are the only ones that are entitled to get a waiver and then claiming, as the Government Accountability Office, that they have some kind of extrajudicial authority to tell Congress how to do its business. I don't agree with that. I believe we make those decisions, not the GAO. Madam Speaker, I yield 3\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Stauber), my good friend, on this resolution.”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
“Madam Speaker, they would have you believe that this Congress can't make decisions on its own. We have to rely on independent bureaucrats to tell us how to do our jobs. I say to you, Madam Speaker, if the Senate wishes to take a back seat to the unelected bureaucrats, so be it. As long as I am in the United States Congress, I will fight to make sure that we are, at least, grabbing what power we can. They heard me say yesterday in committee that I think we give too much to the various Secretaries. I think we give too much to the executive branch. Here is a case where we have an opportunity, Madam Speaker, to grab power back from the bureaucrats and to say: No, you can't do this. My colleagues want to rely on legalistic principles from the unelected bureaucratic class in Washington, D.C. I cannot agree to that.”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
“That decision that they claim does not fall under the CRA process gives a waiver on Federal regulations to a State, California, that then if you opt in 100 percent, you can't modify it. If you opt in 100 percent into the California rule, other States, currently a minority of the States opt in to, but because you didn't create this patchwork what happens in the industry is, everybody starts to move in that direction. Because if we have to do it in California and 9 other States or 10 other States, then we might as well do it nationally. What happens is, this is a de facto national regulation. My colleagues on the other side are saying that because they have called it a decision instead of calling it a regulation because they are using a waiver of a regulation that somehow Congress doesn't have any authority.”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
“Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I remind my colleague, the gentleman from New Jersey, that we are not here today talking about Medicaid cuts. We are talking about EPA rules that need to be set aside in a Congressional Review Act. You heard him say that this is all illegal. I find this kind of interesting because we have heard them railing for weeks on executive action and why haven't the Republicans pushed back against executive action. That is what we are doing today. We are railing about executive actions. Now, it is the prior administration, mind you, but they are executive actions. Madam Speaker, I ask you just to use your logic on this, to stop and think about this. The EPA passes what they call a decision in a legalistic attempt to get around the law.”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
“The big companies might be fine with that, but your smaller companies are going to find it very difficult. This regulation throws a wet blanket on truckers' opportunities to share in the American Dream of starting their own business, starting out with one truck and building it to five and then maybe getting it to 10. It gives all the power to the big companies. I believe that this electric truck mandate is going to lead to inefficiency and increased costs on all products that have to be transported over road. Madam Speaker, I urge all Members to join me in voting in favor of H.J. Res. 87 and ending this regulatory nightmare. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
“A new diesel rig costs about $180,000. Electric big rigs can go anywhere from $200,000 to $400,000. That price tag is going to hit the independent driver, the small owner-operators, and the small fleets hard. Trucking is a relatively small-margin business where time on the road equals money. I am afraid that all of these increased costs could lead to more consolidation in the industry and less competition. Further, these higher rig costs will present a bigger barrier to entry for the owner-operators and small trucking companies that, with the current technology, would have more charging downtime. Accordingly, not only are they not able to be on the road, but when they are off the road, they are off for a longer period of time. Time on the road, as I said earlier, equals money. Therefore, it is going to cost more to operate.”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
“At the end of the day, this rule is very restrictive on traditional diesel-powered trucks. By 2035, this rule ends up requiring electric big rigs to make up 40 percent of the class sales. I am not here to tell you that electric trucks don't have their place. We all know that they do. Yard trucks, in particular, might be an application where electric trucks have an advantage. Perhaps in certain city delivery situations, those delivery routes could be done with electric vehicles. That should be a business decision, not the decision of a waiver granted by bureaucrats from Washington to a super-State to dictate to the rest of the country what our policies should be. Unfortunately for independent owner-operators and small trucking companies, this mandate for electric trucks comes with a very expensive price tag.”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
“It does not allow for individual States to become the laboratories of innovation and democracy as was seen fit and as it was believed to be the case for our Federal system. I believe, Madam Speaker, that the States should be equal. I am not so sure that we need a super-State imposing its preference on the rest of the country. If that is what we want, why not cede all authority to California and disband the United States Congress? Either way, having parallel State vehicle regulatory systems is what really causes manufacturers and big fleet operators to be concerned. Specifically, on this California advanced clean truck rule, this rule creates a complex credit trading system where truck manufacturers must buy or generate zero-emission truck credits just to have the privilege of doing business in the State.”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
“Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on H.J. Res. 87.”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
“Griffith) and the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone) each will control 30 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Griffith). general leave”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
“This increase in red tape will do nothing to lower appliance prices, and it will do nothing to lengthen product lifetimes or to bring real energy savings to the American homeowner. Accordingly, Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Georgia (Mr. Clyde) for his leadership on bringing this to our attention. I urge all Members to join me in voting in favor of H.J. Res. 42, and I yield back the balance of my time.”
House of Representatives5 March 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on the legislation and to insert extraneous material on H.J. Res. 42.”
House of Representatives5 March 2025Source ↗
“This is not something that needs to be on the books to protect health. They did a proxy study. They don't have actual data that shows that this would do any good at all. It will perhaps cause significant curtailment in production at certain facilities of tires made in the United States. It is our job as Members of Congress to prevent this travesty. Mr. Speaker, I think that the arguments that we have made have now worn out. We have used up the mileage on these arguments. Now, we get to vote ``yes,'' and voting ``yes'' is where the rubber meets the road and gives us a more sound regulatory scheme related to tire manufacturing. Mr. Speaker, I ask everyone to vote ``yes,'' and I yield back the balance of my time.”
House of Representatives5 March 2025Source ↗
“Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on H.J. Res. 61.”
House of Representatives5 March 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the previous question on the resolution.”
House of Representatives5 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I further ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks.”
House of Representatives5 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 93 and ask for its immediate consideration.”
House of Representatives5 February 2025Source ↗
“Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be considered as read and printed in the Record.”
House of Representatives5 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Republican Conference, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration.”
House of Representatives5 February 2025Source ↗

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