WASHINGTON, DC – House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee Chairman Rob Wittman (VA-1) today released a statement following a hearing questioning whether a Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) is appropriate in the current fiscal environment: “To say the least, we are operating in a very challenging fiscal environment that is full of constraints and uncertainty. After holding a thoughtful and detailed hearing on the BRAC process, studying the history of recent BRACs, and analyzing the GAO’s rep...
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WASHINGTON, DC – House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee Chairman Rob Wittman (VA-1) joined with other House Armed Services Committee members today in calling on the leadership in Washington, D.C., to avert sequestration. “On the eve of yet another deadline, leadership in Washington, D.C., has failed to come to agreement on avoiding sequestration, forced budget cuts that will cripple our military, and leave so many servicemembers, federal employees and federal contractors with uncertainty i...
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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1), Chairman of the House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee, released the following statement upon the news that President Barack Obama will visit the Newport News shipyard next week: “While the President speaks in Newport News at the shipyard, five American aircraft carriers sit idle, capturing the stark reality of the readiness crisis that hasn’t waited until March 1 – it has already begun. Work for shipyard workers has been delayed and many men...
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Washington, D.C. – Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04), Chairman of the House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, and Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), Chairman of the House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee submitted a letter today to the House Appropriations Committee urging the protection of specific military programs vital to National Security against the harmful impacts of a Continuing Resolution based on Fiscal Year 2012 appropriations. “Mitigating the effects of...
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) voted against efforts to freeze the pay of federal employees (H.R. 273). Wittman issued the following statement after voting against the legislation, which would extend a pay freeze on federal employees through the end of this year: “Whether fighting crime for the FBI, rooting out terrorism with the CIA, or providing medical care to our veterans at VA hospitals, the dedicated men and women of our federal civilian workforce have served this ...
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Washington, DC – Members of Virginia’s Congressional Delegation today sent a letter to President Barack Obama, Speaker John Boehner, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid expressing their unity for immediate action to avert looming cuts set to hit March 1, stressing the disproportional impact to the Commonwealth of Virginia. The bicameral, bipartisan group of members also stressed the enormous impacts on the country’s national security and federal government, and the ripple effect on Virginia’s ...
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Legislation endorsed by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the Choose Clean Water Coalition, and the Virginia Seafood Council WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) today introduced one of his signature pieces of legislation, the Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act. As a leader on Bay issues in Congress and Co-Chair of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Caucus, Wittman continues to advocate for improvements in the management of resources for restoration of the Chesapeake Bay. “The Ches...
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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) released the following statement in reaction to the President’s 2013 State of the Union address: “While I appreciate the President’s efforts to communicate with Congress, this country is facing serious deadlines in the coming weeks that create enormous uncertainty for Virginia, our economy, our military and the American people. These issues demand not words, but action. The looming cuts coming from sequestration will have devastating effects, with...
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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) today announced his subcommittee appointments for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources. Today, Wittman received a new appointment to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, and will again serve on the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans and Insular Affairs. “With these assignments, I look forward to working on issues critical to Virginia and to this nation,” Wittman said. “Two of my top priorities, ...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Rob Wittman took the oath of office today and was sworn in as the representative for Virginia’s First Congressional District in the 113th Congress, after being elected in November to his third full term. “I am truly humbled to represent the people of Virginia’s First District in the House of Representatives,” Wittman said. “Our nation faces many challenges, and I believe that responsible, dedicated leadership is necessary to ensure that the United States remains...
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