Press Releases

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) offered an amendment during the House Appropriations Committee markup of the Fiscal Year 2023 Defense Appropriations bill to restore funding to one of the Air Force's two hypersonic missile programs, which was zeroed out in the proposed bill. The amendment was defeated on a party-line vote.

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42), the Ranking Republican on the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, issued the following statement on the Fiscal Year 2023 Defense Appropriations bill:

"There's nothing more important to securing America than funding our troops and providing them with the resources necessary to achieve their critical mission.

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) voted along with a bipartisan majority (396 to 27) of the House of Representatives to approve the Supreme Court Police Parity Act (S. 4160). The legislation would extend security protections to immediate family members of Supreme Court justices.

Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) recently voted in support of the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act, which was approved (384 to 37) by the House of Representatives. Rep. Calvert secured a number of Riverside County priorities in the legislation.

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) issued the following statement regarding Speaker Nancy Pelosi's approach to gun legislation:

Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) and Rep. Betty McCollum (MN-4) sent a letter urging the conferees reconciling the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act and the America Competes Act to support small business programs that drive innovation. Specifically, Reps.

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) announced the inclusion of $1.7 million for the Murrieta Creek flood control project in the Fiscal Year 2022 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Work Plan. The funding was provided to the Corps of Engineers in the Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations bill, which Rep. Calvert voted for earlier this year along with a bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives.

Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) spearheaded a bipartisan, bicameral letter urging conferees reconciling the differences between the America COMPETES Act (H.R. 4521) and the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA) (S.