Morgan Griffith

Scheduled to take effect December 11th, 35 state and territory attorneys general signed the letter.

On the other side of the debate, Representative Morgan Griffith of Virginia said he wants his hemp regulatory bill added to a reconciliation package before that date.

and the National Restaurant Association asked Congress to delay the beverage provisions.

In federal news, cannabis businesses are still waiting on tax guidance after April's rescheduling order.

So they are not following the constitutional process.

And the Republican National Committee, Congressman Morgan Griffith and Congressman Ben Kline have filed a lawsuit in Tazewell County.

And the Supreme Court just basically said, well, kick rocks, we'll make a decision after election.

So we have spineless judges who are not willing to fight for Virginia, even when Democrats are not following the Constitution.

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Morgan Griffith told Roll Call, which, as we know, is a Washington news outlet that covers Congress, that he'd like his hemp regulation bill passed.

And if it could ride in a budget reconciliation bill during the lame duck session before December 11th, he described that as being fabulous.

That's the Hemp Act he filed with Democratic Mark Vesey, and he suggested pairing it with tax measure, like Representative Beth Van Dyne's bill, to tax hemp THC drunk stick alcohol.

And we're going to discuss today what the Trump administration has done to combat this fraud and abuse and what we in Congress and the Republican Study Committee are doing to make sure that we are stewards and protecting the taxpayers' money of our great country.

And so joining me today is one of our great colleagues and members of the Republican Study Committee, Morgan Griffith.

Morgan is in his eighth term representing Virginia's 9th District.

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Representative Morgan Griffith, Republican of Virginia, says Congress should fold hemp THC product regulation into a filibuster-proof budget reconciliation bill after next week's midterm elections.

Griffith told Roll Call he wants his Hemp Act, co-filed with Democratic Representative Mark Vesey of Texas, attached before December 11th, when the federal limit of 0.4 milligrams of total THC per container takes effect for most hemp products.

He suggested pairing it with a revenue measure, such as Representative Beth Van Dyne's bill to tax and regulate hemp THC drinks like alcohol.

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And finally, in news, the Faster Clinical Trials Act, introduced by Representatives Jake Auchincloss and Morgan Griffith, would create an FDA Center for Clinical Trial Innovation to coordinate reusable trial site networks.

The bill aims to cut trial costs and enrollment time by at least 30% and could direct as much as $75 million in annual funding to the FDA over five years.

Griffith said the bill likely won't get a vote until next year.

if you want to save Virginia and save America, but to vote Republican.

And fortunately, we have a lot of great candidates in the Republican lineup, like Burt Mizusawa, and like my congressman, Rob Whitman, Jen Kiggins, Ben Kline, John McGuire, Morgan Griffith.

And we're going to talk to two of the other candidates who are seeking a chance to go to Congress.

Robert Murray in the fourth is coming up in just a moment, next on The Reed Revolution.