Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Rob Wittman (VA-01), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, made the following statement following a briefing from Undersecretary of Defense Comptroller Bob Hale on the status of furloughs for the Department of Defense (DoD) civilian workforce.   In the briefing, department officials stated that while they are making progress on… Read more »

Washington, DC - Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) today released a statement following the announcement by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) that a site off Virginia’s coast has been selected for an offshore wind energy lease sale.   According to the announcement, BOEM will hold its second competitive lease sale for renewable energy on the U.S. Outer Continental… Read more »

Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) voted today in support of legislation to delay health care mandates on individuals and businesses contained within the 2010 health care overhaul, known as Obamacare. The House passed the Authority for Mandate Delay Act (H.R. 2667), which would delay the requirement that businesses with over 50 full-time employees provide minimum essential health care… Read more »

The U.S. House of Representatives today passed legislation that included language authored by Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) to aid in the clean-up and restoration of the Chesapeake Bay. Wittman’s bill, the Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act, was included as part of H.R. 2642, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management (FARRM) Act of 2013. One of Wittman’s signature… Read more »

Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, released the following statement after Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel outlined the Pentagon’s plan on how to achieve $52 billion in defense cuts in Fiscal Year 2014: “Continuing this senseless policy jeopardizing our nation’s defense and putting troops’ lives at additional risk is wrongheaded… Read more »

Members of Virginia’s Congressional Delegation today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Labor Acting Secretary Seth D. Harris expressing unified support for a proposal to obtain a federal grant to support the Hire Vets Virginia initiative. All thirteen members of the Virginia Congressional Delegation signed the letter expressing interest in the proposal submitted for the National… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) today voted in favor of legislation to unlock Virginia’s offshore energy resources and create jobs in the Commonwealth. The House passed H.R. 2231, the Offshore Energy and Jobs Act, which would require the Secretary of Interior to conduct a Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lease sale in Virginia, as well as South Carolina and Southern… Read more »

Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) had the opportunity today to congratulate the First Congressional District of Virginia’s winner of the 2013 Congressional Art Competition. Emily Krupp of Woodbridge, Virginia, submitted the winning artwork, entitled Pixel Collision. Emily will be a junior at C.D. Hylton High School in the fall. “I am pleased to congratulate Emily on her winning… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee Chairman Rob Wittman (VA-1) released the following statement after the House voted to pass the Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1960) by a vote of 315-108: “Our most sacred duty, as outlined in Article 1, section 8 of the Constitution is to provide for the common defense – to support the men and women… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Virginia’s First District Representative and House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee Chairman Rob Wittman accepted the U.S. Navy’s Distinguished Public Service Award today, the highest recognition the Navy grants to a civilian. The award is presented for an individual’s contributions and accomplishments that have had Navy-wide impact or beyond. Wittman accepted… Read more »