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  • Forbes Announces Trade Assistance Approved for IP Paper Mill
    Dec 23, 2009  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today that the Department of Labor has approved federal Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for employees who lost their jobs as a result of the International Paper mill closure.   In an announcement just days before Christmas, the Department of Labor app... More
  • A Vision for Our Veterans
    Dec 18, 2009  - Stay in Washington for a couple of weeks and you're bound to hear the phrase “on message.”  Generally, the phrase is a reminder when speaking to the press or the public to keep your comments aimed in a singular direction.  In the epicenter of national and global political debate, “on message” is a c... More
  • Forbes Announces Congressional Spring Internship Program in Chesapeake
    Dec 15, 2009  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today that spring internships are available to qualified college students or recent college graduates in his Chesapeake office. These internships are designed to give students interested in government an inside view of how a Congressional office function... More
  • Taking Control of Our Fiscal Future
    Dec 11, 2009  - “Stimulus 3” sounds like a bad sequel to a string of never ending movies. Instead, it’s the moniker being used to describe the new economic proposal announced by President Obama this week. This new stimulus is aimed at accelerating job growth and laying a foundation for economic growth and funding “... More
  • Forbes Calls for Answers on Impact of Fly Ash on Health
    Dec 10, 2009  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) today attended a House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment hearing examining the safe drinking water and health impacts associated with current practices for the disposal of coal fly ash.  The hearing was held partly in response to reports of harmful levels of ... More
  • House of Representatives Passes Forbes’ Bill to Expand Petersburg National Battlefield
    Dec 9, 2009  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today that the House of Representatives passed the Petersburg National Battlefield Boundary Modification Act, H.R. 3388. Forbes introduced the bill earlier this year, which would modify the boundaries of the current Petersburg National Battlefield to inc... More
  • Forbes Applauds Congressional Forum on Chinese Drywall
    Dec 9, 2009  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) today attended a forum hosted by the Congressional Contaminated Drywall Caucus on the challenges posed by contaminated Chinese drywall. The meeting brought together representatives from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Chinese Drywall Task Force to... More
  • Forbes Cosponsors Bills to Compel Depts of Justice, Defense to Release Documents Related to Gitmo Trials
    Dec 8, 2009  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today that he as joined with members of the House Judiciary Committee in cosponsoring a resolution of inquiry, H.Res.920, to force Attorney General Eric Holder to transmit documents relating to the Administration’s decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ... More
  • Forbes Statement on President Obama’s Afghanistan Announcement
    Dec 2, 2009  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) made the following statement after President Barack Obama's announcement last night on the way forward in Afghanistan:   “I am pleased that after months of evaluating strategy options, President Obama has made a decision on the way forward in Afghanistan. I appr... More
  • Forbes: Approval of Use of New Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Promotes Outdated Science
    Dec 2, 2009  - In light of the Administration’s approval today of new human embryonic stem cell lines for federally funded experiments, Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) called on Congress to consider his Patients First Act, H.R. 877. Forbes’ bipartisan bill would intensify research and human clinical trials usi... More

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