Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes is from Chesapeake and represents Virginia's Fourth District in Congress. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2001. He serves on the Judiciary Committee and the Armed Services Committee, where he is chairman of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee.
Forbes previously served in Virginia's House of Delegates from 1989 to 1997 and in the State Senate from 1997 to 2001. He also was chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia from 1996 to 2001.
Forbes received a bachelor's degree from Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, in 1974, and a law degree from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, in 1977.
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Says Virginia Republican "Scott Taylor has been convicted in at least four different courts across the country, at times failing to even appear, and having a warrant…
China is "going to have twice the number of submarines we have in just over a decade."
"The average age a child is trafficked into the commercial sex trade industry is between 11 and 14 years old."
"Did you know that the U.S. is one of the very few nations in the world without an official language?"
"The IRS doesn't have to prove something against you ... you've got the burden of proof."
The U.S. Army had a training program that put "evangelical Christians, Catholics and Mormons in the same category of religious extremism as we do al-Qaida."
Says the U.S. fleet of attack submarines is scheduled to fall below the 48 boats that Navy says it needs to carry out current missions.
"The national debt is equal to $48,700 for every American or $128,300 for every U.S. household. It is now equivalent to the size of our…
"1.53 million jobs are at risk (from potential defense cuts)."
"As a percentage of our gross domestic product, the defense budget remains just 3.6 percent. This figure is low by all historical standards."