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  • Virginia Congressmen Admonish Secretary Gates for Repeated Refusals to Provide Information to Congress
    Sep 27, 2010  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04), Congressman Eric Cantor (VA-07), Congressman Frank Wolf (VA-10), Congressman Bob Goodlatte (VA-06), and Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) today sent a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates admonishing his refusal to answer repeated requests from Congress for sub... More
  • Constitution Day
    Sep 17, 2010  - “The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity—unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity.”  Henry Clay, America’s “Great Compromiser,” knew that there were some things that could not be compromised—chief among them is our C... More
  • Forbes: “Secrecy at the Pentagon has resulted in a blatant disregard for Congress”
    Sep 16, 2010  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today that the Department of Defense has refused to provide documents related to the legalities of the decision to close the U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM). The documents were supposed to be provided to Co... More
  • Forbes: Lack of transparency, failure of trust is destroying the Pentagon’s credibility
    Sep 8, 2010  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) released the following statement after the Department of Defense held a briefing today for Virginia delegation staff members on the Joint Forces Command closure: “Unfortunately, the informati... More
  • Ranking Members of House Armed Services Committee Demand DoD Documents Related to Legalities of JFCOM Decision
    Sep 1, 2010  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today that three Ranking Members of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) have sent a letter to Secretary Robert Gates demanding documents related to the legalities of the decision to close the U.S. Joint... More
  • American Response
    Jul 30, 2010  - About 20 years ago, two scholars named William Samuelson and Richard Zeckhauser did a study on how individuals make decisions. What they found is that individuals disproportionately stick with the status quo, or what they have always done. They coined this observation the "status quo bias." And if w... More
  • A National Dialogue
    Feb 5, 2010  - Ask a teacher, and they will most likely tell you that one of the quickest ways to kill classroom discussion is for one strong-willed student to monopolize the conversation. A long-winded or uncomfortably impassioned monologue inevitably polarizes viewpoints. Conversation shuts down, and often inner... More
  • A Prerequisite for Success
    Sep 4, 2009  - “What about this one?” A woman was pointing at a notebook on the shelf, while her daughter stood next to her carrying a basket of school supplies.   “Uh-uh,” the middle school-aged girl shook her head in disgust, perhaps out of honest dislike for the solid green notebook, but more likely out of p... More
  • Forbes Pushes Legislation to Ensure Members, Public Have Appropriate Time to Consider Bills
    Jul 30, 2009  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today that he has introduced legislation to strengthen the rules of the U.S. House of Representatives to increase the ability of Members to request a reading of bills called for consideration on the House floor.  The legislation, H.Res.694, would ensure... More
  • Just Read the Bill
    Jul 30, 2009  - Could you read 2,501 pages in 24 hours? In the unlikely case that you are considering whether you could, let’s put it into perspective – 2,501 pages is almost double the size of a paperback copy of War and Peace. It’s over three times the size of the last book in the popular Harry Potter series. It’... More

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