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It has been great spending this past week back in the First Congressional District and visiting with folks from Fredericksburg to Yorktown. I've met with many constituents and seen first hand the impact of lost jobs and a continually slowing economy on their daily lives.
First, I was pleased to support the National Defense Authorization Act which authorizes $550.4 billion for standard operations at the Department of Defense, as well as $130 billion for funding ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The House approved the bill by a vote of 389 to 22.
[The video of Rep. Wittman's opening statement is available at this link.]
I am deeply disappointed that Congressional leaders chose to include unrelated spending in the War Supplemental. The final version of the bill cut $4.6 billion from original troop funding levels in order to bailout foreign governments and help buy up old gas guzzling cars.
Washington, D.C. - Earlier today, Congressman Rob Wittman voted in support of H.R. 2647, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010. The U.S. House Armed Services Committee, of which Wittman is a member, approved the legislation, which will now be considered by the full U.S. House.
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Rob Wittman today joined other members of the House GOP Health Care Solutions Group to outline a commonsense health care reform bill that will lower costs and increase both access to and quality of care.
"I have been working with both my colleagues in the House and my Health Care Advisory Council in the First District to help craft a sensible set of reforms that will make healthcare more affordable, reduce the number of uninsured and increase the quality of care," said Wittman.