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  • Forbes Signs Petition to Force Vote on Keep Terrorists Out of America Act
    Nov 19, 2009  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today that he has signed a discharge petition to force House majority leadership to bring a vote on the Keep Terrorists Out of America Act, H.R. 2294. The bill would stop the transfer or release of detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility ... More
  • Forbes Announces $2.7 Million for Statewide Modeling & Simulation Emergency Preparedness Exercises
    Oct 26, 2009  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today that the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center (VMASC) will receive $2.7 million in federal funding through the Virginia Office of Commonwealth Preparedness to implement a multi-agency, statewide emergency modeling and simulation exerci... More
  • Forbes Announces Funding to Strengthen Emergency Preparedness in Suffolk
    Oct 1, 2009  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today that the City of Suffolk Police Department will receive over $385,000 from the Department of Homeland Security Port Security Grant Program to strengthen emergency preparedness in the region. Funding will be used to purchase a new patrol boat, to pu... More
  • Remembering 9-11
    Sep 11, 2009  - This week, I stood in Statuary Hall among a sea of other legislators in a ceremony to remember the events of September 11, 2001. As I stood in the great hall shoulder to shoulder with Republicans and Democrats, I was reminded of the myriad of emotions that were flooding the nation as a result of tha... More
  • Members Introduce Bill to Prevent Transfer of Terrorists to Virginia Prisons
    Mar 2, 2009  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04), Congressman Frank R. Wolf (VA-10), and Congressman Eric Cantor (VA-07) announced today that they have introduced a bill, H.R. 1186, to prohibit prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility from being transferred to federal prisons or military bases in Virgi... More
  • Forbes Introduces Resolution Supporting Communities Struck by Virginia Tornadoes
    May 9, 2008  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today that he has introduced a resolution, H.Res. 1178, expressing support and sympathy for the citizens of Suffolk, Colonial Heights, and Brunswick for the tornadoes that struck on April 28, 2008. All eleven members of the Virginia Congressional Delegat... More
  • Forbes Statement on Department of Justice Arrests Made in Chinese Spy Sweep
    Feb 11, 2008  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) released the following statement after the Department of Justice released it had arrested four individuals on espionage charges related to China: “Today’s arrests put faces on what is a real and immediate national peril: China poses the number one espionage th... More
  • Forbes Statement on US-China Commission Report
    Nov 15, 2007  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) released the following statement today after the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission released their annual report to Congress on the People’s Republic of China: “The report released today highlighted the very real threat that Chinese espion... More
  • Forbes Cosponsors Legislation to Help Deter Financial Incentives for Terrorists
    Oct 4, 2007  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today that he has cosponsored legislation that would help deter terrorist attacks by creating new categories of criminal offenses that would prohibit terrorists from rewarding the families and associates of suicide bombers and terrorists. H.R. 2376, the ... More
  • Forbes Calls on State Department to Explain Passport Processing Delay
    Jun 8, 2007  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today that he has sent a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice requesting that the Department of State address and explain the factors that led to a serious backlog in passport processing for U.S. citizens. The request comes on the heels of the S... More

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