Invest in broadband access to bridge the digital divide for rural and unserved communities.

I’m dedicated to bridging the digital divide to ensure our rural and unserved populations receive high-speed broadband access.

Commits to expanding broadband access in rural and unserved areas.

Issues | Re-Elect Rob Wittman for Congress
campaign · campaign_site · model gpt-5.4-mini

NTIA reported that all 56 states and territories had submitted BEAD Final Proposals; 54 had NTIA approval, 52 had NIST approval making funds available, and 50 had signed award agreements.

The latest official status near the lookback window shows major broadband investment moving through implementation, but not yet complete nationwide.

unresolved same_term

BEAD Progress Dashboard
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

Virginia DHCD said NTIA approval authorized Virginia to proceed with more than $545 million in BEAD awards to 23 internet service providers to extend broadband infrastructure to more than 133,000 remaining unserved homes, businesses, and community anchor institutions.

Virginia has approved federal broadband awards for remaining unserved locations, a concrete partial delivery on broadband investment, though deployment work remains.

partial same_term

Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces Federal Approval of Virginia’s BEAD Final Proposal
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

The House Clerk recorded H.R.1681, the Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act, passing 384-9 on a motion to suspend the rules and pass; the roll call records Wittman, Republican of Virginia, voting Yea.

Wittman recently voted for a broadband permitting bill that passed the House, supporting partial progress but not final enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

Roll Call 125 | Bill Number: H.R.1681
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%

Congress.gov lists H.R.3119 as introduced on April 30, 2025, to amend the Rural Electrification Act to establish the ReConnect program; Rep. Wittman was an original cosponsor, and the latest House action remains committee referral.

Wittman took concrete legislative action for rural broadband funding, but the bill has not advanced beyond introduction.

partial same_term A for effort

All Info - H.R.3119 - ReConnecting Rural America Act of 2025
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

Wittman and bipartisan colleagues wrote Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick urging NTIA to avoid new requirements that could delay or weaken BEAD’s goal of delivering high-speed broadband to rural communities.

This shows direct oversight effort to protect broadband rollout from delay, while also acknowledging the program was still not fully delivered.

partial same_term A for effort

Wittman Leads Letter Supporting Efficient Broadband Rollout
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 84%

Wittman announced the 119th Congress relaunch of the bipartisan Congressional Rural Broadband Caucus, described as a forum to spearhead solutions closing the broadband access gap and ensure access to high-speed internet.

Caucus leadership is meaningful effort toward the commitment, but it is not itself delivery of broadband access.

partial same_term A for effort

Wittman Relaunches Bipartisan Rural Broadband Caucus for 119th Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%

Wittman’s broadband issue page says he has worked through the Rural Broadband Caucus and First District Broadband Task Force, helped draft legislation to improve mapping and add broadband funding, and that his Serving Rural America Act served as the model for NTIA’s $288 million Broadband Infrastructure Program.

Self-reported official-office evidence supports partial long-running action and some programmatic delivery related to broadband investment.

partial unknown A for effort

Broadband | U.S. Representative Rob Wittman
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 78%

The House Clerk roll call for concurrence in the Senate amendment to H.R.3684, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, shows the measure passed 228-206; Rep. Wittman is recorded as voting Nay.

Contrary evidence: Wittman opposed the main 2021 infrastructure law that became the central federal vehicle for BEAD broadband investment.

never unknown

Roll Call 369 | H.R.3684 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 76%