WASHINGTON – Prince William County Police Officer Ashley Guindon was killed in the line of duty Saturday while responding to a domestic dispute in Woodbridge, Virginia. Two of her colleagues, Officers Jesse Hempen and David McKeown, were also injured in the shooting and remain hospitalized. Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) released the following statement honoring the fallen: “Every day, men and women like Officer Guindon put themselves in harm’s way to protect innocent lives. It is unfortunate th...
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives voted 242-161 today in support of bipartisan legislation to promote sportsmen-led conservation of natural resources and habitats through expansion of access to federal lands for hunters and anglers. Introduced by Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC) Co-Chair Rob Wittman (R-VA) with original cosponsors CSC Co-Chair Congressman Tim Walz (D-MN) and Vice-Chairs Congressmen Jeff Duncan (R-SC) and Gene Green (D-TX), the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreati...
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WASHINGTON – Representative Rob Wittman (R-VA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, returned today from meeting with high ranking government officials in South Korea and Japan amidst increasing tensions in the region. The Congressional delegation included Ranking Member and Guam Delegate Madeleine Bordallo and focused on defense and readiness challenges including force posture and transformation initiatives on the peninsula. In the wake of China’s overt militarization...
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, made the following statement today after President Barack Obama released his proposal to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility: "The President's proposal is another indicator of the administration's lack of understanding regarding our nation's security needs. Congress and the American people do not support shipping known terrorists to American soil. The President’s plan not only fai...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Rob Wittman (R-VA) and Grace Napolitano (D-CA), members of the House Natural Resources Committee, have introduced a bill to extend a Federal-State partnership aimed at addressing state and regional water problems, promoting distribution and application of research results, and providing training and practical experience for water-related scientists and engineers. The Water Resources Research Amendments Act (H.R. 4497) would authorize $9,000,000 annually over fiv...
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, announced today that Pat Thompson has been appointed to serve as his Military Legislative Assistant. In the role, Thompson will primarily be responsible for advising Wittman on military readiness, national security, veterans’, and foreign policy issues. Thompson, who is serving concurrently as a Military Intelligence Officer in the United States Army Reserve, brings to Wittman’s office ex...
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WASHINGTON – Rep. Rob Wittman (VA-1), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, made the following statement today after the release of the Department of Defense’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017: “The President’s budget proposal shows a lack of understanding when it comes to meeting our national security needs. While the Administration has acknowledged the gravity of ongoing threats from terrorist groups like ISIS and conventional actors like North Korea, Russia,...
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, along with Governor Terry McAuliffe, U.S. Representatives Bobby Scott, Randy Forbes, Rob Wittman, Gerry Connolly, Robert Hurt, Dave Brat, Don Beyer and Scott Rigell released the following statement welcoming the groundbreaking of a Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FASTC) at Fort Pickett in Blackstone, Virginia. “After years of unnecessary delays and hurdles, the brave men and women who serve in our embassies around the world –...
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) voted yesterday in favor of H.R. 3662, the Iran Terror Finance Transparency Act. The measure would enhance Congress’s oversight role and prevent the President from removing individuals and entities from a restricted list maintained by the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control until the Administration has certified that those individuals and entities are no longer financing terror, abusing human rights, or involved in the prolifer...
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WASHINGTON – The Office of Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) is now accepting submissions for the 2016 Congressional Art Competition. All high school students living in Virginia’s First Congressional District are eligible and welcome to participate in the competition, themed “America the Beautiful.” “The First District is home to some of the most creative and gifted students in the Commonwealth,” Wittman said, “and this competition is an extraordinary opportunity for some of those students to be re...
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