Robert J. Wittman
Republican
· VA-1 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Armed Services · House Committee on Natural Resources · and Wildlife · Wildlife and Fisheries · House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
Influence Score
63.4
Moderately exposed
↓ -2.6
vs 118th (65.8)
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This score measures financial influence across twelve categories. Each bar shows how this member compares to all others in Congress. Longer bars mean more exposure.
Score breakdown — twelve categories
Contributionsmoney from PACs (political action committees) and individual donors
5.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$922
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.6
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.6
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.7
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.1
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
11.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.4
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
5.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
8.2
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$22,256 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $31.03M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $62K.
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Score across four congresses
Score and tier for each Congress. Members are ranked against others in the same Congress, so tiers are comparable across rows. Raw scores reflect different data availability per Congress.
| Congress | Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| 116th · 2019-2021 | 46.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 49.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 65.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 63.2 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$55,000
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Where most of the money comes from
What share of their combined contributions and outside spending comes from a single network. Party committees are excluded.
Share from this one network
1.4%
Amount from this network
$35,000
Total from all networks
$2,584,367
Networks contributing
324
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Who funds Wittman
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
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Does the money match their power?
Whether their money comes from the industries their committees actually oversee
Money from industries they regulate
1.6%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Times money arrived near a vote
14
Money that arrived near votes
$35K
Distinct donors
27
Distinct employers
4
Share of their total fundraising
1.38%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BAY ELECTRIC
$8K
MARATHON DEVELOPMENT
$5K
CACI
$4K
CACI
$4K
CACI INTERNATIONAL
$2K
CACI INTERNATIONAL
$2K
CACI
$2K
CACI
$2K
CACI
$1K
CACI
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BOEING
$4.39M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.65M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$3.47M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.35M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.13M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.97M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
HARRIS
$2.32M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
BOEING
$2.05M
HARRIS
$2.04M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$1.87M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.79M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Robert J. Wittman comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$861
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)
$670
PARTY_C00442624
$252
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Pro-Israel network donors
This counts contributions to this member from individuals whose FEC filings also show contributions to one of the 16 pro-Israel political action committees tracked by the Index. It is a measure of donor overlap — not a claim about why any individual gave, and not part of the influence score.
53 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $752K to Robert J. Wittman across 93 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$752K
Shared contributors
53
Contributions
93
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10 | 19 | $141K |
| 2024 | 33 | 39 | $42K |
| 2026 | 20 | 35 | $569K |
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Revolving Door
5 former staff members
who worked for Robert J. Wittman or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRENT ROBINSON | Deputy Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Senior Legislative Assistant, Rep. … | FGS GLOBAL (US) LLC (FKA FGH HOLDINGS LLC) | 12 | 13 | 2023–2025 |
| PATRICK THOMPSON | Professional Staff Member, U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee National Securit… | CR FEDERAL | 10 | 10 | 2024–2024 |
| MAXWELL HUNTLEY | HASC, Professional Staff; Sen. John Kennedy, Nat Security Advisor; Rep.Rob Wittm… | BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP | 1 | 1 | 2024–2025 |
| WILLIAM SACRIPANTI | Leg Dir, Rep. Lamborn; Professional Staff: House Oversight Cmte, House Republica… | HAWKEYE 360 INC. | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
| MARY SPRINGER SFORZA | Rep. Jo Ann Davis, Legislative Director; Rep. Rob Wittman, Chief of Staff | ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICA AND ITS AFFILIATES | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Robert J. Wittman sits in the middle of this Congress on the index. There is a measured sponsor relationship, but the vote-alignment signal is weaker — money flows; the votes do not follow in lockstep.
Data: FEC (Federal Election Commission) filings · 118th–119th Congress · lobbying disclosures · VoteView recorded votes
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required