Rep. Calvert Statement on the President’s Proposed Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Request

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) issued the following statement on the President's Proposed Fiscal Year 2019 budget request:

"All budget proposals involve tough decisions and establishing priorities. I am pleased to see a number of important programs emphasized in the proposal, including our military, veterans programs, school choice and efforts to combat the opioid epidemic.

The budget request from the administration is just the first step in the annual appropriations process. In the weeks and months ahead, I will be working with my colleagues on the Appropriations Committee to determine the resources our agencies and programs require to fulfill their missions. As I've noted in the past, I simply do not believe a bigger bureaucracy is needed to accomplish our federal goals. I am hopeful that our recently passed bipartisan budget agreement will pave the way to a more timely enactment of our necessary spending bills in regular order."

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