Robert Wittman

Robert Wittman a Republican, has represented the 1st Congressional District of Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2007..

Transportation
Wittman supports increased funding for commuter rail systems, especially in Virginia. He also favors adding a third Virginia Railway Express line between Fredericksburg, Va., and Washington, D.C.

Economy
According to his campaign Web site, Wittman believes "the best thing Congress can do to help alleviate this economic downturn is to cut taxes for families and small businesses, and invest in transportation and other “shovel ready” projects that will create jobs immediately"

Immigration
Wittman opposes amnesty for illegal aliens, supports increased funding for border patrol and wants better ways of identifying residency status so employers can hire legal immigrants and can be discouraged from hiring illegal aliens.

Earmarks
According to his campaign Web site, Wittman supports a plan that "requires Members of Congress to fully disclose all earmarked funding or targeted tax benefit requests, not request any earmarked funding or targeted tax benefit provision that does not serve a federal interest and not request any earmarked funding or targeted tax benefit provision that would be directed toward a specific private entity that was not requested by an agency."

Bio
Wittman was elected mayor to the Montross Town Council in 1986, serving for ten years. In 1995 Wittman was elected to the Westmoreland County Board of Supervisors and elected its chairman in 2003. In 2005 Wittman was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates for the 99th Legislative District.

Wittman 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. Wittman lives in Montross, Virginia with his wife, Kathryn, and two children Devon and Josh.

2007 elections
Wittman was seeking the Republican nomination to replace Rep. Jo Ann Davis (R-Va.) in a special election. He won the election by a margin of 61%-37% against Philip Forgit.

Wittman resigned from his seat in the House of Delegates on December 13, 2007 to be sworn in as the Representative from Virginia's 1st district that afternoon.

2008 elections
Wittman defeated Democratic nominee Bill Day in the November general election; Wittman received 57 percent of the vote, while Day received 41 percent.

Money in politics
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Committees in the 110th Congress (2007-2008)
Wittman will be assigned committees when he is sworn in to Congress.

Campaign contact info
Official Wittman for Congress campaign website

Rob Wittman for Congress PO Box 999 Montross, Virginia 22520

Phone: 804-761-5014

[mailto:campaign@robwittmanforcongress.com campaign@robwittmanforcongress.com]

Twitter
 Robert Wittman posts on Twitter at http://twitter.com/RobWittman/

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External resources

 * 2008 Race Tracker page on Virginia’s 1st Congressional District
 * Rob Wittman for Congress Official Wittman campaign website.