Press Releases

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 introduced in the Democrat-led bill. In response to today's vote, Congressman Wittman stated:

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:

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 these numbers are many unaccompanied migrant children, with CBP expecting about 13,000 by May and 117,0000 by the end of the year.

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:

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:

WASHINGTON - Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) and Congressman Andy Harris, MD (MD-01) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Acting Secretary Norris Cochran, U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Karl Schultz and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky asking they address burdensome and confusing masking mandates on commercial watermen. In February, the Coast Guard issued broad interpretive guidance as a result of President Biden's national mask mandate, which stated that all commercial maritime vessels would be required to comply.

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Congressmen Rob Wittman (R-VA-01) C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2) introduced legislation to extend Section 3610 of the CARES Act to September 30, 2021. Important to national security and defense contracting companies, Section 3610 allows the government to reimburse federal contractors whose employees can't access federal facilities during the pandemic and can't telework due to the classified nature of their work.

WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) joined 205 other representatives in voting against the PRO Act. The PRO Act would eliminate states' right to work laws, violate workers' privacy by turning over their personal information to unions, and could create up to $47 billion in new costs for employers.