Griffin Receives IFDA Thomas Jefferson Award
Honored to be recognized for commitment to increasing opportunity and growing American jobs
WASHINGTON – Congressman Tim Griffin (AR-02) issued the following statement after receiving the 2014 Thomas Jefferson Award from the International Foodservice Distributors Association (IFDA):
“It is an honor to be recognized for my commitment to increasing opportunity and growing American jobs. I will continue my efforts to promote common-sense reforms that cut bureaucratic red tape and strengthen our economy.”
During each Congress, IFDA presents the Thomas Jefferson Award to Senators and Members of Congress who demonstrate their commitment to increasing economic opportunity and reducing government regulation. The Award is based on voting records during the 113th Congress on issues critical to the growth of the foodservice distribution industry and our nation’s overall economy.
“Representative Griffin has taken positive votes on legislation to support job growth, the private sector and free market principles. The Thomas Jefferson Award is the foodservice distribution industry’s way of recognizing and thanking legislators who are committed to the Jeffersonian vision of a strong free enterprise system with limited government involvement in the economy,” said IFDA President and CEO Mark S. Allen. “Our member companies are pleased to have this opportunity to recognize the work that Representative Griffin and all of the Thomas Jefferson Award recipients are doing in Washington to enact policies that will return our nation to prosperity.”
The program, introduced in 1992, was inspired by Thomas Jefferson, who in his first inaugural address said, “A wise and frugal government … shall leave men … free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government.” The award itself is a custom-crafted replica of Jefferson standing in his Memorial, framed by his four pillars of prosperity: agriculture, manufacturing, commerce, and navigation.
About Congressman Tim Griffin
Congressman Tim Griffin was re-elected as the 24th representative of Arkansas’s Second Congressional District on November 6, 2012. For the 113th Congress, he is a member of the House Committee on Ways and Means while also serving as an Assistant Whip for the majority. In the 112th Congress, he served as a member of the House Armed Services Committee, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Griffin is a graduate of Hendrix College in Conway and Tulane Law School in New Orleans, and attended graduate school at Oxford University. He has served in the U.S. Army Reserve for 17 years, was deployed to Iraq and holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He also served as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas and Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Political Affairs for President George W. Bush. Griffin lives in Little Rock with his wife Elizabeth and their two children.
Griffin’s congressional offices are located in Little Rock, Conway and Washington, and are open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CT, except for federal holidays. Office locations and directions are available online at www.Griffin.house.gov, by phone (501) 324-5941 or by writing the Office of Congressman Tim Griffin, 1232 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515.
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