21 Facts About Randy Forbes

James Randy Forbes was born on February 17,1952 and is an American politician.

Randy Forbes was passed over twice for the first-round and second round nominations of Secretary of the Navy.

Randy Forbes served as a senior distinguished fellow at the US Naval War College from February through December 2017.

Randy Forbes graduated first in his class from Randolph-Macon College in 1974.

Randy Forbes received his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1977.

Randy Forbes served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1989 to 1997 and the Virginia State Senate from 1997 to 2001.

Randy Forbes served as chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia from 1996 to 2001.

Randy Forbes was the founder and chairman of the Congressional Prayer Caucus and the Congressional China Caucus.

Randy Forbes championed a plan to rebuild the Navy to 350 ships as chairman of the House Seapower Subcommittee.

Randy Forbes did so while at the same time announcing that he would continue to live in Chesapeake, which remained in the 4th; members of the House are only constitutionally required to live in the state they represent.

Randy Forbes stated that his seniority gave him a chance to become the first Virginian to chair the House Armed Services Committee.

Randy Forbes accused state Delegate and former US Navy SEAL, Scott Taylor, of criminal activity for speeding violations and missing a court appearance, including a scheduled hearing when Taylor was deployed with the Navy.

Randy Forbes received $801,606 in campaign financing from donors in the defense industry during his tenure in Congress.

Randy Forbes founded the Congressional Prayer Caucus in 2005 and co-chaired the caucus with Senator James Lankford.

Randy Forbes was formerly Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee's Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittee.

In 2013, Randy Forbes publicly opposed military action in both Libya and Syria.

In 2014, Randy Forbes voted to address cuts imposed by sequestration with a $1.4 billion cut to operations, maintenance, and training funds, rather than mothballing 11 cruisers and three amphibious warships.

Randy Forbes was founder and chairman of the Congressional China Caucus.

Randy Forbes spoke a panel discussion at Harvard University in the April 2012 on US strategy to China's world power emergence.

Randy Forbes has voiced concern for Chinese military ambition, cyber threats, contaminated exports, and human rights violations.

In 2015, Randy Forbes cosponsored a resolution to amend the US constitution to ban same-sex marriage.