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Rob Wittman's Weekly Update
July 10, 2012
Weekly Updates
There’s no better place than here in Virginia to set differences aside, share our love of country, and simply celebrate the U.S.A., our freedom and those who fight for it.
Issues: National Defense Veterans Health Care Jobs & Economy Fiscal Responsibility
Rob Wittman's Weekly Update
July 2, 2012
Weekly Updates
There is absolutely no doubt in anyone’s mind that our health care system is in need of reform. But the reform our nation undertakes has got to be responsible. The President’s health care overhaul simply will not solve the problem. Instead, it will increase taxes on middle class families and small businesses who are struggling to make ends meet, while at the same time cut funding from Medicare and add over a trillion dollars to our nation’s deficit.
Issues: Budget Health Care Jobs & Economy
Wittman Reacts to Supreme Court Ruling on Obamacare
June 28, 2012
Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) today released the following statement after the Supreme Court announced its ruling on the health overhaul law known as "Obamacare," largely upholding the law:

Rob Wittman's Weekly Update
June 27, 2012
Weekly Updates
I believe that it is critical to clean up the Bay by restoring water quality, protecting critical habitat and restoring plant and animal life. The Bay drives all sorts of economic, cultural, and recreational activities, and its restoration is a smart investment for the long term economic prosperity of all Virginians.
Issues: Seniors Environmental Conservation
Wittman Renewable Energy Legislation Passes the U.S. House
June 21, 2012
Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Renewable energy legislation authored by U.S. Representative Rob Wittman (VA-1) passed the U.S. House of Representatives today as part of a larger domestic energy package. Wittman's legislation, the Advancing Offshore Wind Production Act (H.R. 2173), would streamline the process for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to approve temporary infrastructure, such as towers or buoys, to test and develop offshore wind power in the Outer Continental Shelf. Wittman proposed the bill as an amendment to the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act, H.R. 4480.

Wittman Chairs House Armed Services Subcommittee Hearing Focused on Afghanistan Transition
June 20, 2012
Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) today questioned officials from the Department of Defense (DoD) on current and future plans for training and equipping Afghan National Security Forces as the United States looks ahead to 2014, when U.S./NATO combat forces are scheduled to depart Afghanistan. Wittman, Chairman of the House Armed Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired a hearing on "Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF): Resources, Strategy, and Timetable for Security Lead Transition," following his return from a trip to Afghanistan last week.

U.S. House Passes Wittman Chesapeake Bay Clean-up Measure
June 19, 2012
Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed a measure authored by Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1), the Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act (H.R. 258), as part of a larger conservation package, H.R. 2578, the Conservation and Economic Growth Act. Wittman introduced H.R. 258 last year, to continue his efforts to fundamentally alter the management of Chesapeake Bay restoration activities.

Rob Wittman's Weekly Update
June 18, 2012
Weekly Updates
The American people truly deserve a representative body that can produce reasonable solutions to promote economic growth, reduce spending, and restore faith in the fiscal management of our federal government. Fundamental tax reform is an intrinsic part of this, combined with reductions in wasteful government spending so that our economy can start to see growth and job creators can begin hiring again.
Issues: Budget Jobs & Economy Fiscal Responsibility
Rob Wittman's Weekly Update
June 13, 2012
Weekly Updates
... no matter what happens, I believe it is critical that folks in Washington work together to pursue common-sense solutions to reform our health care system, including allowing youth up to the age of 26 to stay on their parents’ insurance plans, permitting the sale of insurance across state lines, and ensuring coverage for those with preexisting conditions, among other practical reforms. At the heart of any reform effort must be the goal of reducing the overall cost of health care for folks, while also making sure that medical decisions remain personal, namely, between patients and their doctors.
Issues: Budget Health Care Jobs & Economy
Wittman Votes to Eliminate Tax on Medical Devices
June 7, 2012
Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Rob Wittman (VA-1) today supported legislation to repeal a new medical device tax set to take effect in January 2013, created by the health overhaul legislation or "Obamacare" signed into law in 2010. H.R. 436, the Health Care Cost Reduction Act, repeals a provision of Obamacare which establishes a 2.3 percent tax on all types of medical devices, affecting a growth industry in the U.S. that employs hundreds of thousands of employees.

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