Rob Wittman

I think the fundamental difference, Mr. Wittman, and thank you for the question, is that we have fundamentally different views...

I would like to thank Secretary Esper and Chairman Milley for joining us today.

I think there is a great deal of work that still needs to be done in the ease of doing business for all business people, Puerto Rican business people, as well as non-island investors.

With all of this change happening within the Commonwealth's government, how challenging is it for the Financial Oversight Management Board?

I have had the distinct pleasure to serve on their behalf. As such, I have been and will continue to be committed to our military and our veterans during my time in Congress.

I would appreciate any help the Committee can provide in pushing the Agencies involved in approving these leases to expedite the process.

I have long believed that the benefits afforded our men and women in uniform have been earned through sacrifice and hardship, and that those benefits should be protected.

I would like to commend this Committee for the work they have done to support veterans.

Through their feedback, I have outlined the following areas as my priorities for veterans: number one, increasing efficiencies in the Department of Veterans Affairs.

I have been and will continue to be committed to our military and our veterans during my time in Congress.

I represent the First District of Virginia, which includes Fort A.P. Hill, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Naval Support Facility Dahlgren, all call this their home base.

Lastly, we must continue to eliminate the labyrinth of red tape and regulations that continue to hinder shovel-ready projects.

I strongly urge the committee to markup and pass this legislation and any other similar legislation.

I am an original co-sponsor of H.R. 3162, The Broadband Data Improvement Act of 2019.

I represent the 1st District of Virginia, which faces a number of unique challenges in expanding broadband.

Closing the digital divide is the key to lifting up countless communities and populations in unserved areas.

Demand for high-speed broadband has never been greater.

I would like to refer to my amendment, No. 403, involving the Cable Ship Program. I know that there have been some issues pointed out concerning coastal commerce, and I look forward to working through those issues as the bill gets to…

I remind the gentleman from Rhode Island that this is the National Defense Authorization Act. It is not another appropriations bill. This is specific to the use of these dollars here for these purposes specifically. Mr. Chair, I yield 2…

Shouldn't there be a single system that cuts across services branches in how we transact, how we acquire, how we pay personnel?

It is not headline grabbing, but I think it is fundamental to how we manage the massive amount of resources that we send to the Pentagon.

I would like to thank the committee for its work on WRDA 2018, which fully authorized the port to deepen the Norfolk Harbor to 55 feet and widen the Thimble Shoals Channel to 1,400 feet.

It is actually a combination of both.

Some of them are the multiple levels of permitting processes that have to go through that, instead of occurring simultaneously, have to occur one upon the other.

Currently, burdensome regulations are hindering shovel-ready projects from providing broadband access to unserved populations throughout the country.