Congressman Rob Wittman was first elected to the United States Congress to serve Virginia’s First Congressional District in 2007. While in office, he has focused on strengthening our military and supporting our nation’s veterans, promoting a flourishing economy through fiscal responsibility and pro-growth policies, fixing our crumbling infrastructure, increasing access to high-speed internet, and promoting workforce development through Career and Technical Education (CTE) and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) programs.

In the U.S. Congress, Congressman Wittman serves on the House Armed Services Committee and the House Natural Resources Committee, where he is well-positioned to represent the needs of Virginia's First District. He has earned a strong reputation for being an advocate for our men and women in uniform and for being a champion of the Chesapeake Bay.

On the Armed Services Committee, Congressman Wittman serves as vice chairman of the full committee and the chairman of the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee. On the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee, Congressman Wittman oversees the largest portfolio of modernization programs on the House Armed Services Committee, with vast ramifications for the future of the U.S. military’s ground and air forces and munitions stockpiles. Congressman Wittman also serves on the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). As co-chair of the Congressional Shipbuilding Caucus, he is a staunch advocate for a robust naval fleet and a healthy domestic shipbuilding industry. He also currently serves on the U.S. Naval Academy’s Board of Visitors.

As a member of the House Committee on Natural Resources, Congressman Wittman serves on both the Energy and Minerals Subcommittee, as well as the Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee, where he brings his professional expertise in water quality, fisheries, and other natural resource issues. He is a proud champion of the Chesapeake Bay for its environmental and economic attributes and has introduced legislation that will increase the accountability and effectiveness of cleaning up the bay. He serves as co-chair of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Caucus, which brings the bay’s issues into focus for Members of Congress.

As a co-chair of the House Rural Broadband Caucus, Congressman Wittman is leading the way to bring high-speed internet to the unserved areas of the First District and the nation. His Serving Rural America Act served as a model for the NTIA Broadband Infrastructure Program, a $288 million funding program for partnerships between localities and providers of fixed broadband service to support broadband deployment. His other infrastructure priorities include deepening and widening the Port of Virginia, easing congestion on I-95, improving traffic and safety concerns along I-64, improving and expanding the Long Bridge, expanding the capacity of the Virginia Railway Express (VRE), and providing sustainable funding mechanisms to Dulles International Airport (IAD) and Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA).

Congressman Wittman was re-elected for his eighth full term in the House of Representatives in November 2022 and prior to that, he served in several levels of government. Congressman Wittman won his first campaign for public office in 1986 when he was elected to the Montross Town Council, where he served for 10 years, four of them as mayor. In 1995, he was elected to the Westmoreland County Board of Supervisors and was elected its chairman in 2003. In 2005, voters in the 99th Legislative District elected Rob to the Virginia House of Delegates, where he served until his election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2007.

Prior to his election to Congress, Rob spent 26 years working in state government, most recently as field director for the Virginia Health Department's Division of Shellfish Sanitation. Earlier in his career, he worked as an environmental health specialist for local health departments in Virginia's Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula regions.

He 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.

Dr. Dunn currently serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the oldest standing legislative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. The committee is responsible for energy policy, interstate and foreign commerce, telecommunications, consumer protection, food and drug safety, public health and research, and environmental quality among others. Additionally, Dr. Dunn serves as Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Health, the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, & Commerce, the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, as well as the Parliament of NATO, and the House Select Committee on the CCP.,

Dr. Neal Dunn represents the 2nd Congressional District of Florida, which includes all or part of 16 counties in North Florida.

He was a surgeon in Panama City for over 25 years and in the US Army for over 10 years before that. Dr. Dunn was the founding president of a large surgical practice and has a subspecialty interest in advanced prostate cancer. Additionally, he was the founding chairman of a bank and served on multiple boards including Enterprise Florida, Space Florida, Bay Cares, and the Florida Medical Association.

Mr. Brandon Cockrell is the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Energy and Sustainability (DASA(E&S)), leading the program development and oversight of installation energy and water security, resilience and conservation; sustainability; and operational energy. Mr. Cockrell began this position on August 12, 2024.

Prior to the DASA (E&S), Mr. Cockrell was the Deputy to the Garrison Commander at Fort Moore, GA, the Army’s largest training installation, with three remote locations in GA, AL, and FL. He led the efforts to deliver over 700 installation services, at the Army’s standard, to over 125,000 Soldiers, Families, Civilians, and retirees with a diverse team of over 2,300 Soldiers, Civilians, and contractors and an annual budget of over $450M. During his tenure Fort Moore transitioned into one of the leading installations across the Department of Defense in fielding Electric Vehicles, increasing Energy Resilience, and Installation Modernization.

Before accepting the Deputy to the Garrison Commander position in 2021, Mr. Cockrell led Fort Moore’s Plans, Analysis & Integration Office. He was the Garrison Commander’s change agent. During his tenure he led the Installations of the Future effort which identified multiple Modernization projects to integrate Smart City technologies into the installation’s fabric.

During his tenure as an Army Civilian Mr. Cockrell has also performed multiple developmental assignments including the Director of Public Works for IMCOM-Training. He coordinated the public works services across 16 Army installations where training is their primary mission.

A native of Anniston, AL, Mr. Cockrell graduated from Auburn University with an Industrial and Systems Engineering Degree (1996) and Columbus State University with a Master of Business Administration (2000). Mr. Cockrell is married to the former Kelly Ragsdale of Alexandria, AL and together they have three sons.