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Republican from Virginia
Morgan Griffith represents Virginia's 9th Congressional District. He was previously a member of the Virginia House of Delegates since 1994 and was the House Majority Leader.
Recent statements involving Morgan Griffith
"On most things except witch trials, Virginia will always have been first."
"Originally, Democrats promised that if you liked your health care plan, you could keep it. One year later we know that you need a waiver to keep your plan."
"Not even expensive bottled water, like Perrier and Evian, are of good enough quality to pump out of mines in Southwest Virginia, according to the EPA regulation."
"A new ruling by the EPA would force dairy farmers to comply with the Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure Program when dealing with spilt milk -- the same regulations oil and natural gas producers must follow."
"Morgan Griffith fought for a plan that would have taken money away from our schools and given it to Northern Virginia schools instead."
Recent stories featuring Morgan Griffith
PolitiFact's oddest fact-checks of 2012:
The Truth-O-Meter has a sense of humor (we swear) so we occasionally do light-hearted or downright odd fact-checks. Here are some of the more unusual fact-checks we did in 2012.
Griffith corrects claim that formaldehyde doesn't cause cancer:
The report found sufficient evidence for EPA to conclude that formaldehyde exposure is a cause of cancers of the nose, nasal cavity, and upper throat.
Politicians say the strangest things:
We always call the person who made the claim and ask where he or she got the information that his or her statement was based on. Sometimes the answers are a little surprising.
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