Submitted by U.S. Sens. Mark Warner & Tim Kaine, and U.S. Reps. Rob Wittman, Scott Rigell, Bobby Scott and Randy Forbes
Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), made history Saturday, laying the keel for the U.S. Navy's 12th Virginia-class submarine. While this is newsworthy in and of itself, what makes the event historic is that this attack… Read more »
Progress is fragile and fleeting, and without proper attention it can quickly be lost.
Today, pollution threatens all of the recent progress we’ve made at cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay. At risk is not only the ecosystem’s survival, but also a way of life for so many.
What some might think of as simply a body of water is an integral natural resource, historically, economically, and… Read more »
The chorus of resistance may have quieted, but the deafening effect of compounding budget cuts on our military blares through the halls of the homes of men and women in uniform, the buildings of our military bases, the rings of the Pentagon and our nation’s Department of Defense (DoD).
At the same time, the threats we face around the world are not diminishing. In just the last two… Read more »
A new paper by the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) proposes a dangerous turn for the security of our nation; opining that aircraft carriers risk becoming "irrelevant to... Read more »
By Scott Rigell, Randy Forbes and Rob Wittman
The Virginian-Pilot
February 24, 2013
In a House Armed Services Committee hearing, a picture of Naval Station Norfolk was circulated, showing five U.S. aircraft carriers and four large deck amphibious assault ships moored to the pier. Various other logistic support ships and surface combatants idled in port.
While these carriers and… Read more »
The cleanup of the Chesapeake Bay has been lauded recently, as Gov. Bob McDonnell announced last month that Virginia was "exceeding its commitments" under the Chesapeake Bay Program and was recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency as achieving the greatest reduction of nitrogen pollution in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. This earned Virginia the distinction by the EPA of the… Read more »
From Yorktown to Fredericksburg and A.P. Hill to Quantico, the spirits of patriotism and selflessness are powerful in Virginia’s First District; it is truly a place where folks understand the sacrifices that are an unforgettable part of the history of our nation. It is also a region where we remember those who have served selflessly in the past and honor those who are currently defending… Read more »
“Catastrophic.”
That’s just one of the words used to describe the effects of the additional $600 billion in cuts set to strike our nation’s military, resulting from the abject failure of the 12-member super committee charged with shaping cuts in the federal budget as directed by the Budget Control Act.
The Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction is becoming but a memory of another failed… Read more »
In my three short years traveling back and forth from Montross to Washington, D.C., in my 2005 tan Toyota Corolla, I have learned that change is a tough goal inside the Beltway. Keeping the status quo or kicking the can down the road is the easy way out but is unacceptable. With almost 280,000 miles on my odometer, sometimes I think the only thing going up at a faster pace is our nation's… Read more »
Congressman Rob Wittman and Congressman Scott Rigell
April 9, 2011
In response to “Logic, not hype, on offshore drilling,” (April 4, 2011):
The simple truth is Virginia can and will benefit from policies promoting job creation and American energy production.
As a scientist and a small business owner, we bring distinct environmental and economic perspectives on this issue. We… Read more »
