Rob (Rob) Wittman (R-USH01)
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Representative
Room 2055 RHOB- Rayburn House Office Building 50 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20515-4601

Residence: Montross, VA
Elected: 2007    Next Election: 2024
Spouse: Kathryn Jane Sisson   DOB: 2/3/1959
Committee Assignments
ChairmanHouse Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces
Co-ChairCongressional Shipbuilding Caucus
Co-ChairCongressional Public Health Caucus
Co-ChairPublic Shipyard Caucus
MemberHouse Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
Co-ChairAmerican Seafood Caucus
Co-ChairCongressional Rural Broadband Caucus
Co-ChairSuburban Caucus
Co-ChairCongressional Chesapeake Bay Watershed Caucus
Co-ChairCongressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus
Vice ChairHouse Committee on Armed Services
MemberHouse Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
MemberHouse Committee on Natural Resources
MemberHouse Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries
MemberHouse Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
FC MemberCongressional Mental Health Caucus
FC MemberCongressional Career and Technical Education Caucus (CTE)
FC MemberConservative Climate Caucus
FC MemberBipartisan Congressional Pro-Life Caucus
FC MemberRepublican Study Committee (RSC)
Counties Representing
Caroline / Essex / Fauquier / Fredericksburg City / Gloucester / Hanover / James City / King And Queen / King George / King William / Lancaster / Mathews / Middlesex / New Kent / Northumberland / Prince William / Richmond / Spotsylvania / Stafford / Westmoreland

Bio

Serving the First Congressional District of Virginia since 2007, Rob has been focused on strengthening our military and supporting veterans, promoting economic development through fiscal responsibility, fixing our crumbling infrastructure, increasing access to high-speed internet, and promoting workforce development through Career and Technical Education (CTE) and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) programs.

In the U.S. Congress, Rob serves on the House Armed Services Committee and the Committee on Natural Resources, where he is well-positioned to represent the needs of Virginia's First District. He has quickly earned a reputation for being an advocate for our men and women in uniform and for being a champion of the Chesapeake Bay.

On the Armed Services Committee, Rob serves as Vice Chairman of the full Committee and Chairman of the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee. In addition, as Co-Chair of the Congressional Shipbuilding Caucus, he is a staunch advocate for a robust Naval fleet and a healthy domestic shipbuilding industry. He also currently serves on the U.S. Naval Academy's Board of Visitors. Rob also served as Chairman of the Readiness Subcommittee for four years and as Chairman of the U.S. Naval Academy's Board of Visitors for nine years. As a member of the House Committee on Natural Resources, Rob brings his professional expertise in water quality, fisheries, and other natural resource issues. He is a champion of the Chesapeake Bay -- for its environmental and economic attributes -- and has introduced legislation that will increase the accountability and effectiveness of cleaning up the Bay. He serves as co-chair of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Caucus, which brings Bay issues into focus for Members of Congress.

As a Co-Chair of the House Rural Broadband Caucus, he is leading the way to bring high-speed internet to the unserved areas of the First District and the nation. In 2018, he held two meetings of his Broadband Taskforce, where he brought together national, state, and local stakeholders to focus on finding real solutions that will expand broadband to unserved areas. His other infrastructure priorities include deepening and widening the Port of Virginia, easing congestion on I-95, improving and expanding the Long Bridge, expanding the capacity of the Virginia Railway Express (VRE), and providing sustainable funding mechanisms to Dulles international Airport (IAD) and Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA).

He was re-elected for his seventh full term in the House of Representatives in November 2020 and for more than 30 years, Rob has served in several levels of government, from Montross Town Council to United States Congress. Rob won his first campaign for public office in 1986 when he was elected to the Montross Town Council, where he served for 10 years, four of them as Mayor. In 1995, Rob was elected to the Westmoreland County Board of Supervisors and was elected its Chairman in 2003. In 2005, voters in the 99th Legislative District elected Rob to the Virginia House of Delegates, where he served until he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2007.

Prior to his election to Congress, Rob spent 26 years working in state government, most recently as Field Director for the Virginia Health Department's Division of Shellfish Sanitation. Earlier, he worked for many years as an environmental health specialist for local health departments in Virginia's Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula regions.

He holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University, a Master of Public Health degree in Health Policy and Administration from the University of North Carolina, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Virginia Tech.