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Wittman Advocates for Broadband Expansion
July 30, 2019
Press Release
WASHINGTON – Last week, Congressman Rob Wittman , advocating for expanding access to broadband – one of his top priorities. As Co-Chair of the House Rural Broadband Caucus he is fighting to ensure that our nation's rural and unserved populations are no longer left on the sidelines, but instead gain access to key services such as telemedicine, online education, and applications that help small businesses compete in the 21st Century.

Below is Congressman Wittman's testimony as prepared for delivery:

Thank you Mr. Chairman,
Issues: Transportation & Infrastructure
Wittman Advocates for Broadband Expansion
Wittman's Weekly: We Need Accountability
July 27, 2019
Weekly Updates

Congress has so much left to get done – not only passing our 12 funding bills but working on legislation to lower the cost of prescription drugs for Americans, secure our border, fix our crumbling roads and bridges, rein in out of control spending, and so much more. Instead of staying to get the work done, Speaker Pelosi is giving members a six-week legislative recess – leaving Congress just 13 legislative days to fund the government when we return. Not only that, she even made us leave a day early!

Issues: Fiscal Responsibility Jobs & Economy
Wittman: We must get our nation's fiscal house in order
July 25, 2019
Press Release
WASHINGTON – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) released this statement after voting "no" on the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019:
Issues: National Defense Veterans Federal Employees Jobs & Economy Fiscal Responsibility
Wittman's Weekly: Creating Jobs, Not Destroying Them
July 20, 2019
Weekly Updates
The American economy is stronger now than it has been in decades. Since January 2017, the U.S. economy has created 5.6 million jobs.
Issues: Family Values Jobs & Economy
Breakfast With Rob: Kilmarnock
July 19, 2019
Press Release

KILMARNOCK – Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) had the latest stop of his "Breakfast With Rob" series at Lee's Restaurant in Kilmarnock, Virginia. He kicked off the series last month in Tappahannock and will continue stopping into local favorite breakfast spots across the First District to talk with folks about the issues that matter most to them.

Issues: Border Security Transportation & Infrastructure
Wittman to Pelosi: There is too much to be done
July 18, 2019
Press Release

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressmen Rob Wittman sent another letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urging her to keep the House in-session through August to complete critical legislative items.

Issues: Border Security Education Environmental Conservation Family Values Federal Employees Fiscal Responsibility Health Care Jobs & Economy National Defense Transportation & Infrastructure Veterans
Weekly Update: We Owe Our Warfighters Nothing but the Best
July 13, 2019
Weekly Updates
This week on the House floor, we debated H.R. 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020. As many of you already know, the NDAA directs policy and spending plans for the Defense Department. At the beginning of this week, I penned an oped for Defense News detailing not only what was necessary to make a bipartisan NDAA, but why doing so is so important.
Issues: National Defense Veterans Fiscal Responsibility
Wittman Votes Against Unprecedentedly Partisan FY20 NDAA
July 12, 2019
Press Release

WASHINGTON - Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), Ranking Member of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, released this statement after voting "no," for the first time ever, on House passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20):

Issues: National Defense Veterans
Weekly Update: Happy Independence Day!
July 4, 2019
Weekly Updates
Each day I walk the halls of the Capitol Building, I am in awe of the debates, votes, and victories that have taken place over 243+ years to preserve the liberties and freedoms we enjoy today. The building is filled with history, not only history of the events that have taken place there, but the artifacts of that history placed all around the building. The most grand of the rooms is the Rotunda, in the heart of the Capitol.
Issues: National Defense Family Values

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