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The first week of a new session of Congress is similar to the first week back to school after the summer break. Like a student learning where his or her locker is, getting a new class schedule and finding homeroom, a Member of Congress is getting adjusted to the legislative schedule, finding his or her way to a new office, selecting new committee assignments, and learning the priorities of new leadership.
(WASHINGTON, DC) - Congressman Rob Wittman announced the release of $23 million in federal funding for agricultural conservation in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. This funding for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative, a 2008 Farm Bill program, will promote agricultural conservation.
(WASHINGTON, DC) - "I am deeply concerned with the Record of Decision issued by the Secretary of the Navy to create a second East Coast homeport for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier at Naval Station Mayport. Relocation of an aircraft carrier from Norfolk, VA to Mayport, FL would disrupt families, cause financially irresponsible redundancy in facilities and personnel at a cost of up to one billion dollars, and increase the security demands on our over-burdened fleet.
"In light of recent government-sponsored bailouts and a record federal deficit, this legislation would immediately generate desperately needed money for our bridges and roads," said Wittman.
Thank you for contacting our office regarding tickets to the 2009 Presidential Inauguration on January 20, 2009. This will be a historic event, and we encourage you to attend. At this point, our office has received many times more the amount of Inaugural ticket requests than the number of tickets our office will receive. For that reason, and I am very sorry to say, we have stopped accepting requests for tickets. If you have already requested tickets prior to January 6, 2009 you will receive notification on the status of your request in the coming days.
Since World War Two, leaders and celebrities have traveled to support American men and women who are in harm's way around the world. These efforts are especially important for morale around the holidays, when distance from loved ones can make a difficult job in a hostile land feel even more difficult. During the week before Christmas, I had the distinct honor of spending time with our troops in Kuwait, Iraq, Bahrain, Afghanistan, and Germany.