Press Releases
April 8, 2009
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Today Congressman Ken Calvert (R-CA) and Rep. Steven LaTourette (R-OH) solicited signatures for a letter to Acting Secretary of Veterans' Affairs Gordon Mansfield requesting the Department reconsider the decision that prevents the recitation of the flag-folding ceremony at military funerals.
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April 8, 2009
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Yesterday Congressman Ken Calvert (R-CA) and Rep. Steven LaTourette (R-OH) introduced legislation, H. Res.
April 8, 2009
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Yesterday the Department of Veterans' Affairs issued a memo (attached) to all cemetery directors in the National Cemetery Administration that states the 13-fold flag recitation will be allowed at military funerals. Employees and volunteers will be able to recite the ceremony if requested by the family.
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April 8, 2009
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Today Congressman Ken Calvert (R-Corona) voted in favor of H.R. 3915, the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007.
April 8, 2009
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Congressman Ken Calvert (R-Corona) was disappointed that the FY2008 National Defense Authorization Act included language inserted by Rep. Susan Davis (D-San Diego) to repeal federal law that allowed the Department of the Navy to grant an easement at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. The amendment was added during a late night mark up of the bill, H.R. 1585.
April 8, 2009
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Today Congressman Calvert (R-CA) expressed disappointment over the Democratic Omnibus Spending bill that passed the House last night without Rep. Calvert's support.
April 8, 2009
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Today, the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission released its report to Congress, "Transportation for Tomorrow," addressing our national surface transportation system.
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April 8, 2009
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Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (R-CA) and Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) introduced the ON TIME Act, Our Nation's Trade Infrastructure, Mobility and Efficiency Act.
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April 8, 2009
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Today Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) voted to sustain the President's veto of H.R. 3963, a massive expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The vote to override the veto, which requires a two-thirds majority, failed by 260 - 152.
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April 8, 2009
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Today the House of Representatives, with the support of Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA), passed H.R. 5140, the Economic Stimulus Package.