Press Releases
Washington, DC – With the clock ticking on the federal government's fiscal calendar, Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) and Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA) are preparing legislation to protect federal employees from a government shutdown. The Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act would guarantee back pay for all furloughed workers in the event of a shutdown.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) issued the following statement today after the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the conference report for H.R. 22, the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, by a vote of 359-65:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA-1) announced today that he is taking a number of legislative and other steps to minimize the threat that terrorist attacks like those in Paris could happen on U.S. soil.
In April of this year, Wittman introduced the International Conflicts of Concern Act (H.R. 1929), a bill to protect the United States by establishing a framework to temporarily restrict the travel of U.S. citizens to countries of conflict where they may radicalize and then return home to carry out an attack.
WASHINGTON – Rob Wittman (VA-01) issued the following statement today in response to President Obama's decision not to approve the Keystone XL pipeline:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA-01), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Readiness, introduced the Accountability, Collaboration, and Transfer (ACT) Now for Veterans legislation, which includes measures to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits claim process and expedite Veteran access to quality care.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) supported passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2016. The annual legislation, which the House of Representatives approved by a bipartisan vote of 370-58, provides policy guidance and authorization for the Department of Defense.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) released the following statement today after supporting the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3763), a measure that funds Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs for six years:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) voted today against final approval of The Bipartisan Budget Agreement Act, H.R. 1314. This deal, negotiated behind closed doors, would lift the debt ceiling until March 2017 and adjust spending caps for two years by $80 billion with an increase of $50 billion in the first year and $30 billion in the second year, equally divided between defense and non-defense discretionary spending. The legislation passed by a vote of 266-167.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) released the following statement today following the President's veto of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2016:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) released the following statement today after Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) withdrew his name from consideration for the position of Speaker of the House: