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RELEASE: Wittman Reintroduces the Adoption Information Act

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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) announced he has reintroduced the Adoption Information Act. This bill would require family planning services to provide pamphlets containing contact information for adoption centers to anyone receiving family planning services, at the time the person inquiries about these services. A family planning services project’s eligibility to…

STATEMENT: Wittman Votes Against H.R. 6

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WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) voted against H.R. 6, which grants amnesty to hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens in the United States. This vote comes as law enforcement and migrant holding facilities struggle to contain a historic crisis of illegal immigration, further exacerbated by the current Administration’s policies.  Following today’s vote,…

STATEMENT: Wittman on the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act

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WASHINGTON- Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) voted against a reauthorization of the politicized version of the Violence Against Women Act featuring multiple hyper-partisan riders. Congressman Wittman is an original co-sponsor of H.R. 1892, which would cleanly and fully reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act without any of the controversial additions…

STATEMENT: Wittman on the Navy’s Unmanned Campaign Plan

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WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), Vice Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee and the Ranking Member of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, weighed in on the Navy’s recently unveiled Unmanned Campaign Plan, stating:  “Unmanned systems are here to stay and will continue taking an increasingly prominent role, providing the flexibility our…

RELEASE: Wittman Urges Pelosi, Mayorkas to Take Immediate Action At the Border

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WASHINGTON- Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) announced he has written Speaker Pelosi and Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas urging they take immediate action to end the crisis along our southern border. Since Joe Biden became President, there has been a historic surge in illegal immigration, with migrant encounters up 28% since January and 173% since last year. Included in…

STATEMENT: Wittman Votes Against H.R. 8 and H.R. 1446

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WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Wittman (VA-01) stated the following after voting “no” on both H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act and H.R. 1446, the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021: “Just as many of you are, I am concerned about gun violence and believe we should continue to address this problem, but without curtailing Second Amendment rights. However, H.R. 8 and H.R.…

STATEMENT: Wittman Again Votes Against Partisan Reconciliation Package, H.R. 1319

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WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Wittman (VA-01) issued the following statement after voting “no” on the Democrats’ Partisan Reconciliation Package, H.R. 1319, which passed for a second time on the House floor today: “The Majority has decided to finance their political interests on the backs of the American people. ”Congressman Wittman continued, “Wasteful provisions in the bill do…

RELEASE: Wittman and Harris call on the Biden Administration to clarify confusing COVID-19 restrictions on Commercial Fishermen

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WASHINGTON - Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) and Congressman Andy Harris, MD (MD-01) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Acting Secretary Norris Cochran, U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Karl Schultz and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky asking they address burdensome and confusing masking mandates on commercial watermen.  In…

RELEASE: Wittman and Ruppersberger Introduce Extension of Section 3610

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WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Congressmen Rob Wittman (R-VA-01) C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2) introduced legislation to extend Section 3610 of the CARES Act to September 30, 2021. Important to national security and defense contracting companies, Section 3610 allows the government to reimburse federal contractors whose employees can't access federal facilities during the…

RELEASE: Wittman Votes Against H.R. 842, Democrats’ PRO Act

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WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) joined 205 other representatives in voting against the PRO Act. The PRO Act would eliminate states’ right to work laws, violate workers’ privacy by turning over their personal information to unions, and could create up to $47 billion in new costs for employers.  Congressman Wittman stated, “There is no freedom so fundamental as the…