Representative Jeff Fortenberry (R)

Current Office: Representative
District: NE-1
First Elected: 11/02/2004
Next Election: 2012
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Celeste Gregory; 5 Children
Birth date: 12/27/1960
Birthplace: Baton Rouge, LA
Home City: Lincoln NE
Religion: Catholic

Profession

Sales Representative, TruckPaper.com, Sandhills Publishing, 1998-present Director for Public Relations and Foundation Activities, Sandhills Publishing, 1995-1998 Assistant Director, Downtown Development District, Baton Rouge, 1989-1992 Research Associate/Economist, Gulf South Research Institute, 1987-1989 Legislative Aide Publishing Industry Executive

Education

MA, Theology, Franciscan University of Steubenville, 1996 MPP, Georgetown University, 1986 BA, Economics, Louisiana State University, 1982

Committees

Agriculture
Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights
Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Credit
Subcommittee on Domestic Policy
Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia
Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere

Recent Votes

HR 4310 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 1127 Repeals Indefinite Military Detention Provisions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

HR 4310 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 1127 Repeals Indefinite Military Detention Provisions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

H Amdt 1140 Prohibits Reductions to Strategic Nuclear Arms Required by New START
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

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