Randall Adam “Randy” Fine has been serving as the US representative for Florida’s 6th congressional district since being elected in a special election in April. A member of the Republican Party, he had served in the Florida Senate from November 2024 until he was elected to the House, and before that he served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2016 to 2024.
Born in Arizona and raised in Kentucky, Fine graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor’s degree in government and subsequently earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. Fine worked for McKinsey & Company and then as a teaching fellow at Harvard before moving to the casino industry. Following his retirement from business in 2016, Fine was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in his first of four consecutive elections, serving during the last two years of Governor Rick Scott’s tenure and the first six years of the DeSantis administration. In 2024, Fine was elected to the Florida Senate from the 19th district, representing most of Brevard County.
After Mike Waltz’s resignation from Congress to become US national security advisor, Fine won the race for the US House of Representatives in a special election to fill his seat. On April 2, Fine was sworn in by Speaker Mike Johnson using an ArtScroll Stone Edition Chumash.
A staunch supporter of Israel, he is outspoken against its detractors and those who seek to do it harm. A week after being sworn in, Fine made a comment saying that some progressive members of Congress “shouldn’t be Americans,” and he called Rashida Tlaib a “terrorist.” In June, he introduced a bill to designate the Council on American-Islamic Relations a terrorist organization. CAIR had previously called Fine an “anti-Muslim extremist” and characterized several of his statements as “genocidal rhetoric.” In particular, they criticized his post on social media in which he wrote “#StarveAway” in response to a post about the starvation of Gaza’s civilian population, and another post in which he wrote that “Gaza must be destroyed.”
During the congressional hearings on anti-Semitism in higher education, Fine fiercely confronted both protestors and school chancellors. He regularly wears a kippah while on the House floor and when serving as speaker pro tempore. He is believed to be the first person to wear a kippah from the speaker’s podium.
Last week, Congressman Fine joined an AIPAC-organized delegation of Republican members of the US Congress, including Speaker Mike Johnson, on a visit to Israel. I spoke to him this past Wednesday about his impressions of Israel and his message to the Jewish people.
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How are you enjoying the Holy Land?
It’s always great to be in Israel. I’m grateful that two dozen or so of my colleagues, including the speaker of the House, are here as well. I’m just probably the most outspoken and most visible, and I think that it’s particularly important to be here right now.
Right now meaning after October 7?
No. I’ve been here a couple of times since October 7. What I’m talking about is that given the outrageous pressure being put on Israel by the international community, I think it’s good for me to be here to show that America stands with Israel.
What would you like to accomplish during this particular trip?
I want to show that America stands with Israel as it fights Muslim terror, and I want my colleagues to come away understanding even more than they already do about the importance of the fight. I also want the Israeli people to know that they are not alone.
What’s the local mood like there?
I think it’s fine. They’re fighting a war. The mood isn’t happy; I think that everyone wants the war to be over and for the hostages to come home, but it’s not so different from the last two times I was here.
Tell me about the highlights of your trip.
I’m incredibly encouraged, but I only got here a little more than 48 hours ago. I landed on Monday morning and it’s now Wednesday night. In my family, we have a tradition that right after we land we go to our hotel, drop our bags and then go the Kotel to pray. That’s always going to be the highlight. Any time you can go to the holiest place in our faith, that’s going to be a good day. The other highlights are being here with my colleagues and helping to tell the story of why Israel and America are fighting the same fight.
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