Parker Griffith

Parker Griffith is a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives, from the 5th District of Alabama. He is a retired radiation oncologist and small business owner, elected to the the Alabama State Senate in 2006 and to Congress in 2008.

In June 2009, he met with LTG Ronald Burgess, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, to emphasize the importance of the Redstone Arsenal Missile and Space Intelligence Center (MSIC) in ballistic missile defense.

Dr. Griffith voted against the H.R. 3962 House health care bill in November 2009.

District

Located in northern Alabama, much of the district is rural, but contains Huntsville, Alabama with the Marshall Space Flight Center and Redstone Arsenal.

Committees

• House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
  • Subcommittee on Aviation
  • Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management
• House Science and Technology Committee
  • Subcommittee on Research and Science Education
  • Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
• House Small Business Committee
  • Subcommittee on Contracting and Technology
  • Subcommittee on Regulation, Healthcare and Trade
  • Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, House Small Business Committee

Caucuses

• Blue Dog Coalition
  • Co-chair, health care task force
• New Democrat Coalition
• Cancer Caucus
• Missile Defense Caucus (Co-chair)
• NASA House Action Committee
• Parkinson's Caucus
• Pediatric Cancer Caucus
• Pro-Life Caucus
• Robotics Caucus
• Rural Caucus
• Rural Health Care Task Force (Co-chair)

2008 Election

Candidate	Party	Vote total	Percentage
Parker Griffith	Democrat	158,324	51.52%
Wayne Parker	Republican	147,314	47.94%

Source: Federal Election Results - final official tally