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Yesterday, the House Veterans' Affairs Committee approved legislation, H.R. 331, introduced by Rep. Ken Calvert (CA-42) to simplify veterans' education benefits. The bill was incorporated, along with other veterans' bills, into another piece of legislation, H.R. 2481, and approved by the Committee.

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) joined a bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives in approving the Fiscal Year 2014 Defense Appropriations bill by a vote of 315 to 109. The bill provides the funding necessary to support our military operations and national security agencies. Rep. Calvert is a member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.

Today, Rep. Calvert released the following statement in response to the House passage of H.R. 1613, The Outer Continental Shelf Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreements Authorization Act, and H.R. 2231, The Offshore Energy and Jobs Act:

Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee approved the Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 1772) in a vote of 22-9. The bill requires all employers to check the work eligibility of all future hires though the E-Verify system. Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) worked with Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) and Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) to draft the Legal Workforce Act and has previously testified before the Judiciary Committee in favor of mandatory use of E-Verify.

Today, Rep. Ken Calvert (CA-42) testified before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity regarding his bill, H.R. 331, to simplify Veterans' education benefits.

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) introduced the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians Water Rights Settlement Act, H.R.2508. Rep. Calvert was joined by a bipartisan list of lawmakers who co-sponsored the legislation including Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA), Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Rep. Paul Cook (R-CA), Rep. David Valadao (R-CA), Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), Rep. Tony Cardenas (D-CA), Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Rep. Kildee (D-MI).

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) proudly announced the list of candidates he nominated who have received and accepted an Offer of Appointment to our nation's service academies, and will be part of the Class of 2017 entering in June 2013.

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert joined a bipartisan majority of his colleagues in the House of Representatives in approving the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The bill was approved by a vote of 315 to 108. The NDAA authorizes $552.1 billion for national defense and an additional $85.5 billion for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) as compared to $552.2 billion for national defense and $88.5 billion for OCO in FY2013.