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Washington, D.C. – The entire Virginia U.S. Congressional delegation today announced that they have sent a letter to President Obama supporting Governor McDonnell's request for federal disaster assistance for Gloucester, Halifax, Middlesex, Pulaski, and Washington Counties as a result of last week's severe storms. The full text of the letter is below, and the PDF version is attached.
Dear Mr. President:
Washington, DC – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) released the following statement after the President announced that an elite United States Special Forces team has killed Osama Bin Laden:
Public is invited to attend special session of Wittman's First District Congressional Youth Forum
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) today announced a special public event featuring representatives from Facebook to discuss and present how to engage securely on a social network such as Facebook. The forum will be held on the Stafford Campus of the University of Mary Washington in University Hall. This forum is open to the public, and held in conjunction with his First District Congressional Youth Forum.
Washington, D.C. - After the announcement by President Barack Obama on changes within the Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) released the following statement:
Washington, DC – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1), former representative of the 99th District in the Virginia House of Delegates, released the following statement following the passing of House of Delegates Clerk Bruce Jamerson:
This past week we saw triumph over tragedy and devastation in Gloucester. On Saturday night, communities in Gloucester County experienced a tornado and lost three of its citizens who did not make it through the storm. Our deepest condolences go out to those families and friends whose lives have been forever changed by this exhibit of Mother Nature's fury. On Sunday, I rode along with Gloucester County Sheriff Steve Gentry as he surveyed the damage, and toured other devastated areas with Governor Bob McDonnell on Monday.
After avoiding a shutdown of the government last week, this week the focus was on finalizing the 2011 federal budget and moving on to the 2012 budget. While we did not get a perfect conclusion to the 2011 budget, the legislation brought up for a vote on Thursday included $38 billion in cuts over the next six months. I voted to support this bill that will cut spending and remove barriers to job creation, and hope to support even more legislation to do the same.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) today issued the following statement after voting to pass a budget blueprint in the U.S. House of Representatives, supporting the Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Resolution:
Still not satisfied with Army's handling of our nation's most hallowed ground
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) today led a hearing in the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, receiving testimony from a retired Air Force Colonel whose wife's burial was affected by the mismanagement at Arlington National Cemetery, and Army officials on accountability at the cemetery, some of the nation's most hallowed grounds.