Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Rob Wittman published by this site and its partners.
Displaying items 1-12 of 35
» View centralkynews.com items only
1
2
3
•
Next >
-
Base closing round hits another roadblock
The Obama administration's push to close additional military bases continues to face tough sledding in Congress. This week, a Senate Armed Services panel rejected a proposed Base Realignment and Closure commission for 2015, better known as BRAC. A...Tags: Armed Forces, Colleges and Universities, Military Equipment, Oceana, Human Interest
-
June 8 Letters: Fort Monroe beach, Virginia GOP, Smithfield sale
Policing the beach Upon trying to visit Dog Beach on Fort Monroe Sunday June 2, my vehicle and I were stopped at the entrance by a city employee in a police-like uniform who turned me back, announcing that the beach was closed because (she said)...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Government, National Government, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
-
Congress may intervene with Fort Monroe land transfer
HAMPTON — Language included in a draft version of the National Defense Authorization bill may force the Army to transfer 70.4 acres to the Commonwealth of Virginia free of charge. That land — the marina and a half moon-shaped parcel just...
Tags: Bob McDonnell, National Security, Government, Politics, Executive Branch
-
Wittman-led panel taking stand against BRAC
Rep. Rob Wittman was against another round of military base closures before the Obama administration formally requested one. Now the House panel he chairs is poised to endorse that view. The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness has released its...Tags: Langley Air Force Base, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Defense, Oceana
-
Warner submits bill to bring more accountability to Chesapeake Bay restoration
Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Warner introduced a measure Tuesday that would require more accountability in tracking restoration efforts of the Chesapeake Bay. The legislation would require the federal Office of Management and Budget to prepare a yearly...
Tags: Renovation, Mark R. Warner
-
Senate to vote on Internet sales tax bill
Daily PressThe Senate is set to vote on an Internet sales tax bill within the first week of May. Also known as the Marketplace Fairness Act, the bill gives states the authority to require online sellers to collect sales tax at the point of purchase. There is an...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Bobby Scott, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Politics, Timothy M. Kaine
-
Sequestration would reach far into the Virginia Peninsula community - and affect health services
Like a victim tied to buzz saw table in an old movie melodrama, federal, state and local agencies and departments, and a host of businesses and nonprofit organizations are watching with alarm as budget blades churn toward them. On Friday automatic...
Tags: Lyndon B. Johnson, Social Services, Defense, Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), College of William and Mary
-
House passes bill shielding shipbuilding from deep cuts
A bill that shelters a string of shipbuilding programs from budget cuts breezed through the House Wednesday as a Republican majority was joined by more than 50 Democrats. The $982 billion bill would keep the government going through the end of the year,...
Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Manufacturing and Engineering, Newport News Shipbuilding, Budget Control Act of 2011
-
Rep. Rob Wittman votes against `fiscal cliff' measure
Here's a statement from Rep. Rob Wittman, Virginia's 1st District Republican representative in Congress, following Tuesday night's passage by the House of the American Taxpayer Relief Act. The measure passed 257-167 after being overwhelmingly approved...Tags: U.S. Congress, Fiscal Cliff, Elections, Politics
-
Rep. Rob Wittman re-elected as chairman of U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors
One local congressman may have a partisan stake in this Saturday's Army-Navy game. Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Westmoreland, has been elected to this third term as chairman of the U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors. Wittman is a member of the House Armed...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, United States Naval Academy, Washington, DC
-
Daily Press live events
COMING SOON Oct. 29: 2nd District debate - Rep. Scott Rigell, R-Virginia Beach, and Democratic challenger Paul Hirshbiel. RECENTLY RECORDED EXCLUSIVE: 3rd District debate, Oct. 1 - Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, D-Newport News, and Republican...
Tags: Scott Rigell, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
-
1st District: Wittman values relationships
When he's not roaming the halls of Congress or listening to voters in his district, U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Westmoreland, enjoys a good hunting trip. He loads up his pickup truck with one of his yellow labs and heads to a favorite spot near his home in...Tags: Republican Party, Elections, Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Virginia), Politics, Jo Ann Davis
Jun 12, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Jun 7, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Jun 6, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
May 22, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
May 21, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Apr 27, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Feb 24, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Mar 7, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Jan 2, 2013
|Story| Daily Press
Dec 5, 2012
| Daily Press
Oct 9, 2012
|Story| Daily Press
Oct 6, 2012
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Original site for Rob Wittman topic gallery.
