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June 24, 2019

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) held the third meeting of his First District Broadband Taskforce in Tappahannock. The purpose of the Broadband Task Force is to seek input from various federal, state and local leaders in addition to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) within the First District.


June 22, 2019
Weekly Updates
Across the First District, thousands of high school seniors are celebrating - celebrating the years of dedication and hard work it has taken to be able to walk across that stage, diploma in hand, and declare themselves a graduate. What an achievement.

June 20, 2019

WASHINGTON – Congressman Rob Wittman released this statement after voting against H.R. 2740 - Departments Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020.


June 18, 2019

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Rob Wittman had the first stop of his "Breakfast With Rob" series at Java Jacks in Tappahannock, Virginia. In the coming months, he will be stopping into local favorite breakfast spots across the First District to talk with folks about the issues that matter most to them.


June 15, 2019
Weekly Updates
This week, the House started debating our annual appropriations bills – the legislation that funds the federal government. There are 12 different appropriations bills that must pass the House and the Senate by October 1 of each year. The consequence if we do not? Either a continuing resolution (CR) or a government shutdown. Under a CR, all spending remains the same, meaning that we can't fund new programs, cut outdated ones, or plan for the future.

June 13, 2019

WASHINGTON - Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), Ranking Member of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, voted "no" on committee passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20).

"Traditionally, the NDAA earns broad bipartisan support from Members on both sides of the aisle. Because of that joint effort in the past, Congress was able to start rebuilding our Navy to reach 355 ships, combat our readiness crisis, and give our servicemembers the tools they need to be successful.


June 11, 2019

WASHINGTON – Today the House Rural Broadband Caucus, in cooperation with the NCTA—Internet & Television Association, held a panel entitled Trailblazing a Path for Rural Broadband. Congressman Wittman introduced the panel and delivered remarks on what NCTA and its member companies are doing across the nation to help close the digital divide.


June 8, 2019
Weekly Updates

Every year, the House Armed Services Committee creates and brings to the floor the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The NDAA directs policy and spending plans for the Defense Department.


June 5, 2019

WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Wittman, along with Virginia Governor Ralph Northam and Virginia Secretary of Transportation Shannon Valentine, attended and delivered remarks at Transurban's groundbreaking on the I-95 Express Lanes Fredericksburg Extension Project (FredEx).


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