Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) highlighted the inclusion of his $4,400,000 funding request for the Urbanna Marina Bridge through Community Project Funding (CPF) in the Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Act. This measure has been approved by the House Appropriations Committee and awaits passage on the House Floor.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) highlighted the inclusion of his $809,000 funding request for the City of Poquoson's Poquoson Avenue Sidewalk Project through Community Project Funding (CPF) in the Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Act. This measure has been approved by the House Appropriations Committee and awaits passage on the House Floor.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) highlighted the inclusion of $750,000 for Middlesex County Regional Interoperability Upgrades, which he requested as Community Project Funding (CPF) in the Fiscal Year 2027 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Act. This measure has been approved by the House Appropriations Committee and awaits passage on the House Floor.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) highlighted the inclusion of his $3,960,000 funding request for the Jamestown Water Mitigation Project through Community Project Funding (CPF) in the Fiscal Year 2027 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Act. This measure has been approved by the House Appropriations Committee and awaits passage on the House Floor.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) highlighted the inclusion of two of his Community Project Funding (CPF) requests for William & Mary — $750,000 for Next-Generation Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM) and $400,000 for the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences (VIMS) — in the Fiscal Year 2027 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Act. This measure has been approved by the House Appropriations Committee and awaits passage on the House Floor.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) voted for the passage of H.R. 7008, the Stop Insider Trading Act. This legislation ensures that lawmakers cannot use their positions to profit from insider information — increasing transparency and restoring public trust.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), vice chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and chairman of the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee, highlighted the House passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) and Congresswoman Julia Brownley’s (CA-26) bipartisan Advancing Water Research and Collaboration (AWRC) Act was favorably reported out of the House Natural Resources Committee. This bipartisan legislation will strengthen the critical partnership between states and the federal government to coordinate, plan, organize, and conduct research that addresses state and regional water problems.
GLEN ALLEN, VA – Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Scott Turner, visited a housing development site in Henrico County, Virginia, and hosted a roundtable with local leaders to discuss housing affordability, home construction best practices, workforce development, and opportunities for regulatory reform.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) introduced the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026 — which will reauthorize the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (MRI) program that identifies, maps, and studies domestic minerals.