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Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-41) voted along with a majority (209 to 197) of the House of Representatives to approve the Fiscal Year 2025 Military Construction and Veteran Affairs Appropriations Bill.

Today, Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Ken Calvert (CA-41), together with his colleagues on the House Appropriations Committee, released the Fiscal Year 2025 bill for the Defense Subcommittee. The bill will be marked up by the Defense Subcommittee tomorrow, June 5^th.

Today, the House of Representatives approved (224 to 187) the Israel Security Assistance Support Act, H.R. 8369, which was introduced by Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-41), Chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-41) issued the following statement regarding the Biden Administration’s decision to pause weapons transfers to Israel and called on the President to release the weapons as Israel begins a ground offensive in Rafah:

Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-41) wrote a letter to U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Postmaster General Louis DeJoy demanding answers about the late delivery of more than 100 mail-in ballots in California’s March Primary Election that resulted in the ballots not being counted.

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-41) voted along with a bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives to pass national security supplemental bills providing critical funding for our allies in Israel, Ukraine, and the Indo-Pacific. Rep. Calvert, who serves as the Chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, was an original cosponsor of the bills.

On the House floor, Rep. Calvert spoke in support of the bills. Here are his full remarks:

Today, Defense Appropriations Chairman Ken Calvert (CA-41) joined House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole and State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee Chairman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) in releasing critical security supplemental bills that provide much-needed defense assistance to our allies and partners around the world.

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-41) issued the following statement regarding the release of a new review by U.S. Central Command of the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport in August 2021: