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In order to craft a responsible budget plan that addresses the needs of the United States, Congress must make the difficult, but essential, decisions about spending and challenging head-on the fiscal threats we face. Our repeated failure to control federal spending and address our mounting debt truly is the greatest long-term danger to this nation. Congress… Read more »
Washington – Yesterday, Governor Ralph Northam announced $20.1 million in grants awarded through the second round of the Virginia Telecommunications Initiative (VATI) to deliver high-speed internet access to many rural, unserved, and underserved Virginians. This second round of awards totaling $20.1 million will go to 17 localities through 11 projects. Three of those projects receiving… Read more »
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… Read more »
I am deeply concerned with what I am seeing at our southern border. According to Customs and Border Protection (CBP), migrant encounters along the southern border were up 28% since January and are up 173% since last year. Not only adults but also children. CBP expects about 13,000 unaccompanied migrant children by May and 117,000 children by the end of the year. The number of… Read more »
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,… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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.… Read more »
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… Read more »
