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WASHINGTON – The Office of Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) is now accepting submissions for the 2016 Congressional Art Competition. All high school students living in Virginia's First Congressional District are eligible and welcome to participate in the competition, themed "America the Beautiful."
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA) today introduced a bill to clarify and protect certain due process rights of federal employees serving in sensitive positions. The bill would overturn a 2013 federal court decision that stripped many federal employees of due process rights to independent review of an agency decision removing them from a job on national security grounds. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision, Kaplan v.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) released the following statement today after Congressman Scott Rigell (VA-2) announced that he would not seek reelection to Congress at the end of this term:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) released the following statement today after President Obama appeared before a joint session of Congress to deliver his final State of the Union address:
We're at the beginning—a New Year filled with new opportunities—and I've been thinking a lot about my priorities. When I consider the challenges we're facing at home and abroad, I can see how it might be easy to get bogged down in the details. But I want to rise above that for a moment. If I've learned anything from my time as a public servant, it's that our greatest resource and our best hope for overcoming even the toughest challenges is our people. Our forefathers knew that progress isn't about government; it's about the men and women who strive to make the world a better place.
WASHINGTON – Rep. Rob Wittman (VA-1) released the following statement today, after voting in favor of the Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act:
"Today, I voted to send a bill to President Obama that would repeal the Affordable Care Act and eliminate federal funding for Planned Parenthood.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) released the following statement in response to President Obama's announcement that he will use executive order to restrict American gun ownership:
It's hard to believe that the year is coming to an end, and in just a few weeks, we'll be celebrating the start of a new one. We're right in the middle of resolution season, and I've been thinking a lot about mine. Those of us who have broken resolutions before—and with my wife Kathryn's delicious cooking, I've broken a few—know that change is impossible without action. I've heard it said that faith plus action equals success. We can't daydream our way into change. It takes effort.
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.