# Robert Wittman

Robert Wittman is a Republican member of the U.S. House for Virginia’s 1st district.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: U.S. House, Virginia’s 1st district
- Serving since: 2007-12-13
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: W000804
- FEC candidate IDs: H8VA01147

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/W000804 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

0.2% of Wittman’s statements use an extreme label, in the bottom tenth of House Republicans (average 3.0%).

## What Wittman says (119th Congress (2025–27))

1,538 classified statements: 850 posts on X, 325 newsletters, 232 press releases, 131 Congressional Record speeches. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Wittman | House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.1% | 2.1% | 203 of 221 |
| Policy criticism | 12.3% | 15.1% | 142 of 221 |
| Policy discussion | 77.2% | 67.7% | 37 of 221 |
| Bipartisanship | 15.2% | 8.9% | 29 of 221 |
| Credit claiming | 50.7% | 37.4% | 26 of 221 |
| Extreme labels | 0.2% | 3.0% | 206 of 221 |

Most discussed policy areas: Armed Forces and National Security 35% (House Republicans 24%); Economics and Public Finance 24% (House Republicans 19%); Health 22% (House Republicans 15%); Government Operations and Politics 22% (House Republicans 19%); Education 14% (House Republicans 8.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.93 (standard error 0.01), from 2,872 donors and 7,454 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 38% of House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 97.4% (House Republicans 96.3%). Party unity 97.6% (97.1%). 12 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S. 2403 Retire through Ownership Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190674
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.J.Res. 213 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190671
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 10326 PROOF Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190670
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190669
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · H.R. 5334 An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190668
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Passage · H.J.Res. 210 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190666
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · H.R. 2140 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190664
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 3276 Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190657
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 4219 National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190656
- 2026-09-03 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

## Legislation (119th Congress (2025–27))

Sponsored 23 bills: 23 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 283. 26.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans 16.7%; rank 41 of 216).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 9640: Earth MRI Reauthorization Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-09-15) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9640
- H.R. 7992: CANS Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7992
- H.R. 7889: AWRC Act of 2025 (passed one chamber, 2026-09-15) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7889
- H.R. 7146: PORCUPINE Act (in committee, 2026-01-16) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7146
- H.R. 7126: SECURE Minerals Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7126
- H.R. 6317: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12109 New Kent Highway in New Kent, Virginia, as the "Patricia Paige Post Office". (passed one chamber, 2026-09-14) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6317
- H.Con.Res. 62: Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for an event to unveil the statue of Barbara Rose Johns. (passed both chambers, 2025-12-04) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/62
- H.Res. 681: Commemorating the service of General Lafayette to the United States on the bicentennial of his farewell tour. (in committee, 2025-09-08) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/681
- H.R. 2969: Finding ORE Act (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2969
- H.R. 2091: Chesapeake Bay Conservation Acceleration Act of 2025 (in committee, 2025-03-11) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2091

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $5.4M (House Republicans median $2.2M). 4.3% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 63% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/RobWittman/status/2114742986303046040
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/RobWittman/status/2114743078158324110
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/RobWittman/status/2114809289558618624
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/RobWittman/status/2113978819933548585
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/RobWittman/status/2114047267426709864
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RobWittman/status/2113616441496776937
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/RobWittman/status/2113665194865856936
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RobWittman/status/2113737232532357437
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RobWittman/status/2113342270267088982
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RobWittman/status/2112936959421374864

## Links

- Official site: https://wittman.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RobWittman
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepRobWittman
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reprobwittman
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/RobWittman
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/W000804

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/W000804