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Virginia9th Congressional District

Sic semper tyrannis

Thus always to tyrants

36 Legislation

VirginiarepresentativeH. Morgan Griffith
HR-6028
Legislative Branch Agencies Clarification Act
70%
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Government Accountability & Oversight
The bill clarifies leadership, succession, and personnel rules for the Library, GPO, and Copyright Office—improving operational continuity, merit protections, and some oversight structures—while trading off stronger traditional Senate checks and creating risks of increased politicization, concentrated authority in non‑confirmed acting officials, and transitional complexity that may affect employees and taxpayers.
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4 cosponsors·Updated 7/21/2026·Last progress June 9, 2026

H. Morgan Griffith

To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to John W. Ripley for acts of valor during the Vietnam War, and for other purposes.

10%

Military Personnel

The bill grants a long-overdue Medal of Honor to John W. Ripley—providing formal recognition and a morale signal to veterans and service members—while creating a statutory exception that may set a precedent for future retroactive awards and consumes limited congressional/administrative attention.

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Updated 7/21/2026·Last progress March 26, 2026

H. Morgan Griffith

Power Plant Reliability Act of 2025

60%

Electric Grid

The bill strengthens federal planning and intervention tools to reduce the risk of near‑term grid shortfalls and improve interstate transmission coordination, but does so by imposing operational mandates and planning requirements that can raise costs, constrain owners' retirement decisions, limit environmental review, and encroach on state planning and market signals.

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4 cosponsors·Updated 7/21/2026·Last progress December 17, 2025

H. Morgan Griffith

HJRES-61Joint Resolution

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Rubber Tire Manufacturing".

70%

Environmental Protection

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20 cosponsors·Updated 7/21/2026·Last progress May 23, 2025

H. Morgan Griffith

HALT Fentanyl Act

80%

Drug Policy

Prescription Drugs

The bill trades faster, broader legal tools and clearer definitions to deter and prosecute fentanyl-related substances and to allow some research continuity, against expanded criminal exposure, tighter research constraints and administrative/compliance burdens that may raise costs and limit access for researchers, providers, and some patients.

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61 cosponsors·Updated 7/21/2026·Last progress February 10, 2025

H. Morgan Griffith

To clarify United States birthright citizenship laws in the territories and combat foreign nationals who are seeking citizenship in the United States territories.

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Updated 7/21/2026·Last progress July 16, 2026

H. Morgan Griffith

Right to Trial Act

60%

Sentencing Reform

The bill increases fairness for defendants who go to trial by reducing the risk of trial penalties and promoting sentence parity, at the cost of likely more litigation, higher prosecution/trial costs, and added complexity in multi‑defendant sentencing.

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1 cosponsor·Updated 7/21/2026·Last progress June 2, 2026

H. Morgan Griffith

Motor Vehicle Flammability Standards Study Act of 2026

15%

Public Health Preparedness

The bill increases knowledge, transparency, and the potential for safer materials and responses—but by relying on study and review rather than immediate rule changes it may delay concrete protections and diverts agency resources.

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1 cosponsor·Updated 7/21/2026·Last progress April 22, 2026

H. Morgan Griffith

To direct the Architect of the Capitol to install an adult changing room in the Library of Congress and the Capitol Visitor Center.

10%

Disability Rights

The bill improves dignity, safety, and access for visitors with disabilities at two congressional facilities while imposing modest construction, maintenance, and space costs on federal properties and taxpayers.

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1 cosponsor·Updated 7/21/2026·Last progress February 20, 2026

H. Morgan Griffith

Hemp Enforcement, Modernization, and Protection Act

70%

Food Safety

Public Health Preparedness

Prescription Drugs

The bill brings clearer federal definitions and stronger FDA/HHS tools to protect public health and give compliant businesses legal certainty, but it imposes significant compliance costs, potential product restrictions, and ongoing regulatory uncertainty that will most affect small hemp businesses and some consumers.

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7 cosponsors·Updated 7/21/2026·Last progress January 22, 2026