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Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) highlighted the inclusion of $5 million for the Bradley Road Bridge construction project in the Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations bill. Rep. Calvert voted along with a bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives to approve the bill on Wednesday, March 9^th. The bill was subsequently approved by the Senate and signed into law by the President.

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) highlighted the inclusion of $500,000 for Southwest Riverside County Regional Homeless Services in the Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations bill. Rep. Calvert voted along with a bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives to approve the bill on Wednesday, March 9^th. The bill was subsequently approved by the Senate and is awaiting the President's signature.

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) highlighted the inclusion of $18.6 million in Community Project Funding requests from the 42^nd Congressional District he supported in the Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations bill which was approved by the House of Representatives by a bipartisan vote.

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) highlighted the inclusion of key priorities he advocated for in the Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations bill which was approved by the House of Representatives by a bipartisan vote. The legislation was approved by the Senate last night and will now head to the White House for the President's signature.

As part of the FY2022 Defense Appropriations Bill, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42), the Ranking Republican on the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, created a $100M warfighter innovation fund, titled the "Agile Procurement Transition Pilot" under the Deputy Secretary of Defense. The fund is intended for mature and validated technologies or products that can meet warfighter demands but have difficulty transitioning into a Program of Record.

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42), the Ranking Republican on the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, praised the Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations bill for including a $32.5 billion increase in defense funding over last year's levels. Previously, President Biden and House Democrats proposed a real-dollars cut to defense funding.

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) issued the following statement regarding banning Russian energy imports and rising gas prices:

Today, Representative Ken Calvert, the Ranking Member of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, issued the following statement:

"Last night, Americans listened as President Biden spoke for more than an hour and uttered more than 6,000 words. Despite the length of his remarks and wide range of topics, President Biden never mentioned the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, never thanked the Afghan Evac Coalition, and never acknowledged the loss of 13 brave American servicemembers.