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  • Forbes Votes Against Government Takeover of Healthcare
    Nov 7, 2009  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) released the following statement after voting against the House healthcare bill, H.R. 3962:   “Ironically and sadly, I believe history will judge this 2,000-page bill more for what it is missing than what it contains: the missing care for those that will wait o... More
  • Forbes Makes Healthcare Bill Available to Constituents
    Nov 4, 2009  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today that he has made the House healthcare bill, HR. 3962, available to his constituents by delivering copies to local libraries throughout the Fourth Congressional district.  “Americans deserve to know what is in this bill before Congress votes on it,... More
  • Forbes Makes Healthcare Bill Available to Constituents
    Nov 4, 2009  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today that he has made the House healthcare bill, HR. 3962, available to his constituents by delivering copies to local libraries throughout the Fourth Congressional district.  “Americans deserve to know what is in this bill before Congress votes on it,... More
  • Pink Ribbons
    Oct 19, 2009  - I came to know Margaret Brothers when I was a young attorney, fresh out of law school.  Margaret spoke her mind cautiously, voicing her opinion only when necessary and only in sincerity, a quality that was rare then, and even more rare today.  I remember bringing my wife-to-be in to meet my coworker... More
  • Wins in Healthcare
    Sep 18, 2009  - A poll I came across this week noted that most Americans now want Congress to do nothing rather than to pass the proposed healthcare plan, a statistic that is interesting considering that most Americans simultaneously believe that something needs to be done to address problems within our healthcare ... 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 Introduces Bill to Prioritize Disease Research, Lower Healthcare Costs
    Sep 1, 2009  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today that he has introduced legislation that would put patients back in the center of the healthcare debate, help save millions of lives and save billions of dollars in healthcare costs. The Accelerate Cures for Patients Act, H.R. 3475, would double fun... More
  • Boiling Point
    Aug 28, 2009  - Grocery shopping on a day with temperatures bobbing into the 90s and the air thick with humidity is ordinarily out of the question.  Nevertheless, the bare refrigerator coupled with my outspoken stomach had outmatched good sense.  Having filled my cart and lingered a bit longer in the cold sting of ... More
  • A New (Golden) Age in Healthcare
    Aug 21, 2009  - It began as a one-room laboratory on Staten Island in 1887.  Its mission was to examine passengers on arriving ships for the signs of epidemic-causing diseases such as cholera and yellow fever. At that time, life expectancy was only 47 years and taxpayer financing of medical research was considered ... More
  • Forbes: Administration is Taking Steps Backwards in Stem Cell Advancement
    Jul 8, 2009  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) today called on Congress to consider his Patients First Act, H.R. 877, in light of the Administration’s release this week of final guidelines to expand tax-payer funding of embryonic stem cell research. Forbes’ bill promotes research and clinical trials using huma... More

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