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March 25, 2015

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) voted along with a majority (XXX-XXX) of his House colleagues to approve Price Substitute #2, the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Resolution. Price Substitute #2 balances the budget in less than 10 years without raising taxes and cuts $5.5 trillion in spending over the next 10 years. Following the passage of the bill, Rep.


March 4, 2015

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) questioned Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter about the unbalanced number of civilian employees in the Defense Department relative to the number of uniformed soldiers. During the exchange, Secretary Carter agreed with Rep. Calvert's concerns about the efficiency in the department's civilian workforce.


March 3, 2015

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) issued the following statement following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress:


February 27, 2015

Today, Rep. Ken Calvert (CA-42), along with Rep. Lamar Smith (TX-21), Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (VA-6), Subcommittee on Immigration Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy (SC-4), and others, introduced the Legal Workforce Act, H.R. 1147, which will make employment verification mandatory nationwide.


February 26, 2015

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) questioned Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert, and Marine Corps Commandant General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr. about the need for a more efficient civilian workforce in the Department of Defense.


February 24, 2015

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) issued the following statement in response to President Obama's veto of the legislation authorizing the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline:


February 12, 2015

Rep. Calvert Announces Military Academy Nominations


February 11, 2015

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) urged the Army Corps of Engineers to act with increased urgency to advance the Murrieta Creek flood control project. Rep. Calvert participated in the Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee budget oversight hearing with Ms. Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, and Lieutenant General Thomas P.


February 5, 2015

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) spoke with a senior Interior Department official to urge the agency to find ways to approve some flexibility in order to capture water from the storm event expected to hit Northern California starting late Friday and into Saturday.


February 3, 2015

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) released the following statement in response to the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget proposed by President Obama: