Randy Forbes

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Rep. Forbes speaks with Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead before testifying in 2011 US Navy 110301-N-ZB612-007 Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead speaks with Rep. Randy Forbes before testifying before the House Arme.jpg
Rep. Forbes speaks with Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead before testifying in 2011
Navy commander greets House Armed Services' Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee Chairman Forbes in 2016 Navy commander greets Chairman of the House Armed Services' Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee prior to a tour of the ship. (27143663412).jpg
Navy commander greets House Armed Services' Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee Chairman Forbes in 2016

Memberships

Forbes founded the Congressional Prayer Caucus in 2005 and co-chaired the caucus with Senator James Lankford. [16] [17]

Political positions

Defense

Forbes speaks at the U.S. Naval Institute in 2014 U.S. Representative & Chairman, House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces Randy Forbes ( Republican - Virginia) speaks at the US Naval Institute in 2014.jpg
Forbes speaks at the U.S. Naval Institute in 2014
Forbes speaks at Hudson Institute's Center for American Seapower in 2015 U.S. Representative Randy Forbes ( Republican - Virginia) spoke at Hudson Institute's Center for American Seapower.jpg
Forbes speaks at Hudson Institute's Center for American Seapower in 2015
Senior distinguished fellow of U.S. Naval War College Randy Forbes gives keynote address "Sea Control and Foreign Policy" Senior distinguished fellow of U.S. Naval War College Randy Forbes, former Congressman from Virginia & Chairman of House Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces gives keynote address "Sea Control and Foreign Policy".jpg
Senior distinguished fellow of U.S. Naval War College Randy Forbes gives keynote address "Sea Control and Foreign Policy"

Forbes was formerly Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee's Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittee.

In 2013, Forbes publicly opposed military action in both Libya and Syria. [18] In 2014, he promised to promote President Obama's call for funds for action in Syria. [19]

In 2014, Forbes voted to address cuts imposed by sequestration with a $1.4 billion cut to operations, maintenance, and training funds, rather than mothballing 11 cruisers and three amphibious warships. [20]

China

Forbes was founder and chairman of the Congressional China Caucus. [21] Forbes spoke a panel discussion at Harvard University in the April 2012 on U.S. strategy to China's world power emergence. [22] Forbes has voiced concern for Chinese military ambition, cyber threats, contaminated exports, and human rights violations. His reputation has come under scrutiny with the recent acquisition of America's largest pork company, Smithfield Foods, by a Chinese competitor – a company headquartered within his district. This $4.7 billion deal is the biggest Chinese acquisition of a U.S. company to date. [23]

Energy

On June 12, 2008, Forbes introduced H.R. 6260, titled "New Manhattan Project for Energy Independence". The bill was offered as a substitute for the entire energy bill and outlined a series of prizes, similar to the X-PRIZE, which would be awarded to a private entity, which completed one of seven tasks related to achieving energy independence.

The bill included $14 billion in prizes and $10 billion in grants ($10 billion of which would have supported nuclear fusion research); provisions to establish a summit to discuss the challenge of energy independence; and creation of a commission to offer recommendations to fulfill the goal of becoming energy independent within 20 years. On June 26, 2009, the bill was offered as an amendment in the nature of a substitute for the Waxman/Markey-sponsored American Clean Energy and Security Act. The amendment was rejected by the House of Representatives 255–172. [24]

LGBT rights

In 2015, Forbes cosponsored a resolution to amend the US constitution to ban same-sex marriage. [25]

Electoral history

Randy Forbes
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Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives
from Virginia's 4th district
In office
June 19, 2001 –January 3, 2017
Virginia's 4th congressional district : Results 2000–2014 [26] [27] [28]
Virginia's 2nd congressional district : Republican Primary Results, 2016
YearDemocraticVotesPctRepublicanVotesPct3rd PartyPartyVotesPct
2000 Norman Sisisky **189,78799%(no candidate) Write-ins 2,1081%
2001 Louise Lucas 65,19048%J. Randy Forbes70,91752%
2002 (no candidate)J. Randy Forbes108,73398% Write-ins 2,3082%
2004 Jonathan R. Menefee100,41335%J. Randy Forbes182,44464%
2006 (no candidate)J. Randy Forbes150,96776%Albert P. Burckard, Jr. Independent Green 46,48723%
2008 Andrea Miller135,04140%J. Randy Forbes199,07560%
2010 Wynne LeGrow 74,29838%J. Randy Forbes122,65962%
2012 Ella Ward150,19043%J. Randy Forbes199,29257%
2014 Elliot Fausz75,27038%J. Randy Forbes120,68460%Bo Brown Libertarian 4,4272%
2016 Scott Taylor 21,40653%J. Randy Forbes16,55241%Pat Cardwell Republican 2,7737%

*Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 2004, write-ins received 170 votes. In 2006, write-ins received 886 votes. In 2008, write-ins received 405 votes. In 2010, write-ins received 432 votes. In 2014, write-ins received 257 votes.

** Sisisky died on March 29, 2001; Forbes won the 2001 special election to fill out the remainder of his term.

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References

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  2. ↑ Bilden was formally nominated as Navy Secretary on Jan. 25 after back-and-forth reports in the media as to whether he or former congressman Randy Forbes would get the job.
  3. ↑ Byrnes, Jesse (June 2, 2017). "Trump to nominate Richard Spencer for Navy secretary". TheHill. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
  4. ↑ Former Representative Randy Forbes joins Naval War College faculty, U.S. Naval War College, February 14, 2017
  5. ↑ "forbes". Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
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  7. ↑ Archived March 7, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
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  9. ↑ Archived August 9, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
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  11. ↑ "Randy Forbes tells half the story about Scott Taylor's court record". @politifact. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Scott Taylor defeats veteran Randy Forbes in 2nd Congressional primary thanks to feisty grassroots campaign". The Virginian-Pilot. Archived from the original on June 16, 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
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  16. ↑ What happens in Room 219, Washington Times, November 29, 2015
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  18. ↑ "Forbes Releases Statement Opposing Intervention in Syria - Congressman J. Randy Forbes". Forbes.house.gov. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
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  22. ↑ "Forbes to Speak Tomorrow at Harvard on U.S.-China Relations". forbes.house.gov. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
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  25. ↑ Huelskamp, Tim (February 12, 2015). "Cosponsors - H.J.Res.32 - 114th Congress (2015-2016): Marriage Protection Amendment". www.congress.gov. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
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