WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) today called on Congress to remain in Washington, DC, to complete its work on critical items with looming deadlines. Wittman specifically addressed the threat of “sequestration,” which under current law proposes to cut an additional $500 billion from the defense budget, negatively affecting the country’s national security and estimated to cost over 200,000 jobs in Virginia. Wittman gave the following statement on the House Floor: “Mr. Speaker, Aft...
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Rob Wittman supported American energy development as the House voted to open up areas for energy development, including the Outer Continental Shelf area off the coast of Virginia. The House voted to pass H.R. 6082, a responsible plan to replace the President’s restrictive proposal for oil and natural gas lease sales, which prohibited the previously-approved sale for energy development in Virginia. “With the passage of this legislation, the House voted to put o...
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WASHINGTON, DC – An amendment authored by Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) prohibiting federal funds to propose, plan for, or execute an additional Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round passed the U.S. House of Representatives today as part of the Department of Defense (DOD) Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2013, H.R. 5856. Wittman introduced the amendment following its successful inclusion in the FY 2013 defense authorization legislation, which passed the House in May. Today, Wittman suppo...
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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) today voted in favor of legislation to require the Administration to inform the American people about their plans for looming cuts to the budget, termed “sequestration.” Sequestration will cut $50 billion from the defense budget in Fiscal Year 2013, and almost $500 billion over the next 10 years. Department of Defense officials have described these cuts as “catastrophic.”“I believe the looming cuts to defense must be averted because of the detrimen...
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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) released the following statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation with a bipartisan vote to repeal the health care overhaul, or “Obamacare”: “I voted against the health care overhaul two years ago and continue to support its repeal with my vote again today,” Wittman said. “This massive, over-reaching law did not reduce the cost of health care in the last two years, and has and will continue to add hundreds of billio...
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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) today released the following statement after the Supreme Court announced its ruling on the health overhaul law known as “Obamacare,” largely upholding the law: “As this law passed two years ago, my main concerns were that this massive overhaul did not reduce individuals’ health care costs and that it added hundreds of billions to the federal deficit. Today’s ruling did not change those outcomes, and in fact, underscored the law’s added burdens: mo...
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WASHINGTON, DC – Renewable energy legislation authored by U.S. Representative Rob Wittman (VA-1) passed the U.S. House of Representatives today as part of a larger domestic energy package. Wittman’s legislation, the Advancing Offshore Wind Production Act (H.R. 2173), would streamline the process for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to approve temporary infrastructure, such as towers or buoys, to test and develop offshore wind power in the Outer Continental Shelf. Wittman proposed the...
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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) today questioned officials from the Department of Defense (DoD) on current and future plans for training and equipping Afghan National Security Forces as the United States looks ahead to 2014, when U.S./NATO combat forces are scheduled to depart Afghanistan. Wittman, Chairman of the House Armed Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired a hearing on "Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF): Resources, Strategy, and Timetable for Sec...
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed a measure authored by Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1), the Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act (H.R. 258), as part of a larger conservation package, H.R. 2578, the Conservation and Economic Growth Act. Wittman introduced H.R. 258 last year, to continue his efforts to fundamentally alter the management of Chesapeake Bay restoration activities. “Today is a proud moment for Virginia’s First District as the House passes legis...
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WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Rob Wittman (VA-1) today supported legislation to repeal a new medical device tax set to take effect in January 2013, created by the health overhaul legislation or “Obamacare” signed into law in 2010. H.R. 436, the Health Care Cost Reduction Act, repeals a provision of Obamacare which establishes a 2.3 percent tax on all types of medical devices, affecting a growth industry in the U.S. that employs hundreds of thousands of employees. The tax will potentially...
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