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H. Morgan Griffith

R Republican · Representative, Virginia 9th district
12
Low self-dealing
4/6 components have data
#149 of 193 scored

Morgan Griffith (R-VA9), in the House since 2011 and a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee where he chairs the Health Subcommittee and co-chairs the Congressional Coal Caucus, shows a largely clean self-dealing profile in public records. Trackers (Quiver Quantitative) report roughly $0 in live-tracked tradable assets and no pattern of STOCK Act periodic transaction reports, indicating he does not actively trade individual stocks; an older disclosed Verso Corp holding (~$75K, c. 2012) appears static rather than traded. His campaign and PAC money is concentrated in energy/electric-utility and health/pharmaceutical interests that align with his coal advocacy and Health Subcommittee work, which is a correlation (not proof) of influence. He attends votes at the chamber median (about 2.2% missed over his career), and no FEC personal-use violations, family-lobbying ties, or net-worth anomalies surfaced in available sources.

Public record

In Congress since
2011
Committees
Energy and Commerce
Rules
House Administration
House Select Subcommittee to Investigate the Remaining Questions Surrounding January 6, 2021
Missed votes, 119th Congress
1.2% (8 of 674; median member 1.9%)
Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
$1.8M raised · 67% from PACs & committees · $974K cash on hand FEC ↗

The stock-trading ban

H.R. 7008 passage, Jul 22, 2026
Yes
Cosponsored a ban bill
H.R. 7008

H.R. 7008 bans new stock purchases by members, spouses and dependents; it doesn't force sales of existing holdings. The Senate vote was on the version paired with the SAVE Act, which is why no Democrat voted yes. Full breakdown →

Disclosed stock trades

No periodic transaction reports on file since 2024. That's the norm: most members don't trade individual stocks, or hold them in blind trusts and diversified funds.

Amounts are the ranges members must report, not exact values. The STOCK Act requires a report within 45 days of a trade; "late" counts days past that deadline, measured to the filing date.

How the score breaks down

Stock self-trading
25% weight
0
No evidence of active individual-stock trading. Quiver Quantitative reports ~$0 in live-tracked tradable assets and no pattern of STOCK Act periodic transaction reports. An older static Verso Corp holding (~$75K, c. 2012) is not active trading. Score 0 per rubric (no individual-stock trading).
Quiver Quantitative reports Griffith has approximately $0 invested in publicly traded assets it can track live, with no listed trades.Data aggregatorquiverquant.com ↗OpenSecrets disclosure shows a c.2012 Verso Corp holding (~$75K), a static asset rather than active STOCK Act trading.Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗
Net-worth enrichment in office
15% weight
0
OpenSecrets estimated net worth ~$333,001 in 2018 (ranked 251st in House), modest for a long-tenured member. No evidence of net-worth growth beyond salary/market; disclosures use ranges so precision is limited. No anomaly found.
OpenSecrets estimated Griffith's 2018 net worth at ~$333,001, ranking 251st in the House.Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗
Money → action alignmentcorrelation, not proof of any quid-pro-quo
20% weight
38
Correlation, not proof. Campaign/PAC money concentrates in energy/electric-utility and health/pharmaceutical interests that align with his roles: co-chair of the Congressional Coal Caucus and chair of the E&C Health Subcommittee. He consistently votes for coal/energy deregulation and oversees drug-supply-chain policy. Aligned-money-and-votes pattern is moderate; no specific quid pro quo evidence.
Griffith co-chairs the Congressional Coal Caucus and is a sustained advocate for coal, e.g. voting to nullify the Stream Protection Rule and defending coal in E&C debates.Reference databaseen.wikipedia.org ↗Griffith chairs the E&C Health Subcommittee, overseeing pharmaceutical supply-chain and drug-pricing policy, a sector among his donors.Official recordenergycommerce.house.gov ↗
Campaign-fund personal useno data
15% weight
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No public records of campaign or leadership-PAC funds being used for personal benefit, and no FEC enforcement actions found. Absence is not penalized.
FEC committee page for Morgan Griffith for Congress shows no listed enforcement actions or personal-use findings.Official recordfec.gov ↗
Revolving door & familyno data
15% weight
—
No public evidence of family members lobbying or holding contracts tied to his office, nor a documented staff-to-lobbyist pipeline. Absence is not penalized.
No family-lobbying or contract ties surfaced in searches of FEC and news records for Griffith.Reference databaseballotpedia.org ↗
Skips the job to fundraise
10% weight
5
Strong attendance: missed 205 of 9,122 roll-call votes (~2.2%) from 2011 to 2026, at the chamber median (~2.1%). No evidence of heavy paid speeches displacing legislative duties.
Griffith missed 205 of 9,122 roll call votes (2.2%) from Jan 2011 to June 2026, on par with the ~2.1% median for serving representatives.Reference databasegovtrack.us ↗

Sources behind this score: 1 data aggregator · 5 reference database · 2 official record. Score = weighted average of the components that have data; the 2 without sourced evidence are excluded, never counted against the member. Methodology →

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