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  • Forbes' Reaction to Supreme Court Decision on Health Care Law
    Jun 28, 2012  - Today, the Supreme Court upheld the President’s health care law, including the individual mandate, as constitutional under Congress’ taxing power. In response, Congressman J. Randy Forbes issued the following statement: “The Court today shattered the myth that it would stand between the overreachin... More
  • Forbes, Lipinski Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to Accelerate Promising Stem Cell Research, Avoid Divisive Political Battles
    Sep 20, 2011  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today that he and Democratic Congressman Dan Lipinski (IL-03) have reintroduced the bipartisan Patients First Act, H.R. 2951, a bill to intensify research and human clinical trials using stem cells that are ethically obtained and that show evidence of p... More
  • Forbes' Statement on 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Regarding Virginia's Health Care Challenge
    Sep 9, 2011  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) released the following statement in response to the the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling that Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli does not have a legal right to sue over the health care law's mandate to purchase health insurance: "Yesterday marked the la... More
  • Forbes’ Statement on Short-Term CR Vote
    Mar 16, 2011  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) released the following statement after voting yesterday on the continuing resolution to fund the government, H.J.Res. 48: “Yesterday, I supported a bill that funded the government for three additional weeks and contained $6 billion in new cuts to current spending... More
  • Forbes Introduces Resolution to Expedite Judicial Proceedings on Healthcare Law
    Feb 9, 2011  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) introduced a resolution calling for expedited judicial proceedings for all litigation related to the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148). The resolution, H. Res. 74, recognizes the national importance of a prom... More
  • Forbes Reintroduces Bill to Block Hiring of IRS Agents Needed to Enforce Obamacare
    Jan 20, 2011  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) reintroduced the Prevent IRS Overreach Act, which would prohibit a drastic expansion of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) necessary to enforce provisions of Obamacare. The Prevent IRS Overreach Act would prohibit the IRS from hiring additional auditors, agents, a... More
  • Forbes Statement on Federal Court Decision Ruling
    Dec 13, 2010  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) released the following statement after a federal judge ruled parts of the healthcare law unconstitutional: “With the magnitude of these legal challenges and the significant consequences this law has on the lives of Americans, it is important that we try to allevi... More
  • Forbes Applauds New Advancement in Stem Cell Research
    Oct 1, 2010  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) released the following statement after a new scientific report showed that skin cells can be converted into embryonic-like stem cells: “In a new breakthrough, research studies showed that ordinary skin cells can be successfully converted into cells that appear ne... More
  • To Care for Those Who Shall Have Borne the Battle
    Sep 10, 2010  - In 1865, President Lincoln stood on the East Portico of the Capitol to take the executive oath for his second term as President of the United States. As he stood to deliver his second inaugural address, he faced a country that had been bruised and battered by civil war. The war was one of the costli... More
  • Forbes to Serve as Keynote Speaker at Grand Opening Ceremony of the Veterans Clinic in Emporia
    Aug 19, 2010  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today the upcoming Grand Opening Ceremony of the Veterans Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Emporia, Virginia on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010. The Emporia veterans outpatient clinic, which Congressman Forbes has worked to establish since 2003, will... More

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