Robert J. "Rob" Wittman

Voted to pass S. 146, the TAKE IT DOWN Act, 409-2 under suspension of the rules, a fast-track step needing two-thirds. It makes publishing intimate images shared without consent, including computer-made deepfakes, a federal crime and gives platforms 48 hours to take them down after a valid request. It was signed into law on May 19, 2025 (Public Law 119-12).

April 28, 2025Supports AI Regulation

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Sponsored H.R. 8811, the America's Conservation Enhancement Reauthorization Act, which became law in the January 2, 2025 package.

January 2, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored H.R. 8263, which authorized Department of Defense participation in wildlife-conservation banking programs and became law in the January 1, 2021 package.

January 1, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored H.R. 1747, the National Fish Habitat Conservation Through Partnerships Act, which became law in the October 30, 2020 package.

October 30, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored H.R. 2345, which extended the date after which wildlife-restoration-fund interest could be apportioned and became law in the December 18, 2015 package.

December 18, 2015Supports Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored H.R. 739, the Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2013, which became law in the December 18, 2014 package.

December 18, 2014Supports Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored H.R. 1206, the Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013, which became law in the December 18, 2014 package.

December 18, 2014Supports Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored H.R. 3433, which amended the North American Wetlands Conservation Act's non-federal cost-share requirements and became law on March 25, 2010.

March 25, 2010Supports Environment and Public Health

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Sponsored H.R. 7031, which designated a portion of the Rappahannock River as the John W. Warner Rapids and became law on October 14, 2008.

October 14, 2008Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for H.R. 2262, the Flexibility for Workers Education Act, which stops certain voluntary training outside normal hours from counting as paid work time under federal wage law. It failed the House 209-215.

January 13, 2026Opposes Reduce Wealth Gap

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Voted for H.R. 2262, the Flexibility for Workers Education Act, which stops certain voluntary training outside normal hours from counting as paid work time under federal wage law. It failed the House 209-215.

January 13, 2026Opposes Labor Rights

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Voted to pass H.J.Res. 98 by 206-177. It used the Congressional Review Act, a fast-track law for undoing agency rules, to cancel a National Labor Relations Board rule. That rule made it easier to treat two companies, such as a franchise chain and its local owner, as joint employers of the same workers. The Senate agreed 50-48, but the president vetoed it on May 3, 2024. The House override attempt failed 214-191, so the resolution never took effect.

January 12, 2024Opposes Labor Rights

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Voted for H.R. 2499, the Federal Firefighters Fairness Act, which presumes that certain cancers and chronic lung disease in federal firefighters with at least five years of service were caused by the job, and does the same for a heart attack or stroke suffered during, or within 24 hours after, firefighting or emergency response. That makes it easier for them and their families to get workers' compensation. The House passed it 288-131. The Senate never voted on this bill, but Congress enacted the same provisions in December 2022 as part of the annual defense bill.

May 11, 2022Supports Labor Rights

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Voted for H.R. 1065, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which required employers to make reasonable work changes for workers affected by pregnancy or childbirth. The House passed it 315-101.

May 14, 2021Supports Labor Rights

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Voted against H.R. 7, which narrowed the defenses an employer can raise for paying men and women differently, barred retaliation against workers who discuss pay, and strengthened workers' legal options in wage discrimination cases. The House passed it 217-210.

April 15, 2021Opposes Labor Rights

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Sponsored H.R. 855, the Independent and Objective Oversight of Ukrainian Assistance Act, which became law in the December 22, 2023 package.

December 22, 2023Supports Anti-Corruption

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Sponsored H.R. 1668, which extended federal-contractor paid-leave reimbursement authority and became law in the March 11, 2021 package.

March 11, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted yea on final passage of the Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026.

September 10, 2025Supports National Defense

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Sponsored H.R. 4952, which established the Office of Strategic Capital in the Department of Defense and became law in the December 22, 2023 package.

December 22, 2023Supports National Defense

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Sponsored H.R. 7695, which prescribed a minimum number of operational amphibious battle-force ships for the Navy and became law in the December 23, 2022 package.

December 23, 2022Supports National Defense

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Sponsored H.R. 5147, which prohibited the Department of Defense from procuring personal protective equipment from certain non-allied foreign nations and became law in the December 27, 2021 package.

December 27, 2021Supports National Defense

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Sponsored H.R. 2994, the Securing the Homeland by Increasing our Power on the Seas Act, which became law in the December 12, 2017 package.

December 12, 2017Supports National Defense

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Sponsored H.R. 5035, the National Shipbuilding Budget Policy Act, which became law in the January 7, 2011 package.

January 7, 2011Supports National Defense

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Voted to pass S. 146, the TAKE IT DOWN Act, 409-2 under suspension of the rules, a fast-track step needing two-thirds. It makes publishing intimate images shared without consent, including computer-made deepfakes, a federal crime and gives platforms 48 hours to take them down after a valid request. It was signed into law on May 19, 2025 (Public Law 119-12).

April 28, 2025Supports Data Privacy

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Voted for H.R. 1065, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which required employers to make reasonable work changes for workers affected by pregnancy or childbirth. The House passed it 315-101.

May 14, 2021Supports Civil Rights

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Voted against H.R. 7, which narrowed the defenses an employer can raise for paying men and women differently, barred retaliation against workers who discuss pay, and strengthened workers' legal options in wage discrimination cases. The House passed it 217-210.

April 15, 2021Opposes Civil Rights

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Sponsored H.R. 984, the Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act, which became law on January 19, 2018.

January 19, 2018Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass H.J.Res. 98 by 206-177. It used the Congressional Review Act, a fast-track law for undoing agency rules, to cancel a National Labor Relations Board rule. That rule made it easier to treat two companies, such as a franchise chain and its local owner, as joint employers of the same workers. The Senate agreed 50-48, but the president vetoed it on May 3, 2024. The House override attempt failed 214-191, so the resolution never took effect.

January 12, 2024Opposes Corporate Accountability

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Sponsored H.R. 7489, the Long Bridge Act, which became law in the December 27, 2020 package.

December 27, 2020Supports Public Infrastructure

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Sponsored H.R. 1151, the Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow's Workforce Act, which became law as part of a July 4, 2025 package.

July 4, 2025

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Voted aye on final passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

July 3, 2025

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Sponsored H.R. 5489, which designated the Gloucester post office as the Congresswoman Jo Ann S. Davis Post Office, and it became law on May 7, 2008.

May 7, 2008

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Voted against passing H.R. 5408, the Faster Labor Contracts Act, which sets deadlines for bargaining a first union contract and sends stalled talks to mediation and arbitration. It passed the House 230-193.

June 9, 2026

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Voted against H.R. 2550, the Protect America's Workforce Act, which would cancel the March 2025 executive order that removed union bargaining rights from most federal workers. Union contracts in effect before the order would stay in force for their full terms. The House passed it 231-195, and the Senate has not voted on it.

December 11, 2025

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Voted against H.R. 1948, the VA Employee Fairness Act, which would have let doctors, nurses and other clinical staff at veterans' hospitals bargain and file grievances over matters the Veterans Affairs Secretary can now exclude, such as patient care and pay. The House passed it 219-201, but the Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.

December 15, 2022

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Voted against H.R. 302, the Preventing a Patronage System Act, which would have barred moving federal civil service jobs into new categories outside the merit system. It would have limited such moves to the job categories that existed in September 2020. The House passed it 225-204, but the Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.

September 15, 2022

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Voted against H.R. 6087, the Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act, which would have let injured federal workers be treated by nurse practitioners and physician assistants under the federal workers' compensation program, not only by doctors. The House passed it 325-83, but the Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.

June 7, 2022

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Voted against H.R. 903, the Rights for the TSA Workforce Act, which would have moved airport security screeners into the regular federal personnel system. That would have given them the same union bargaining rights and appeal rights as most federal workers, though still no right to strike. The House passed it 220-201, but the Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.

May 12, 2022

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Voted against H.R. 3110, the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act, which extended the right to break time and a private space to pump breast milk at work to salaried and other workers the existing law left out. The House passed it 276-149.

October 22, 2021

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Voted against H.R. 1195, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, which would have required a federal workplace safety standard against violence in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and social service settings. Employers would have had to write and follow violence prevention plans with input from their workers. The House passed it 254-166, but the Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.

April 16, 2021

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Voted against H.R. 842, the PRO Act, which would have strengthened workers' right to form unions. It would have barred employers from permanently replacing strikers, fined employers up to $10,000 per violation of labor board orders, and overridden state right-to-work laws for union fees. Many independent contractors would have counted as employees. The House passed it 225-206, but the Senate never voted on it, so it did not become law.

March 9, 2021

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