Ken Calvert actually said...

I encourage you not to overlook the vital impact we have as the Guard being an operational reserve.

the funding on military cannot be obtained on the back of nondefense discretionary spending.

it is going to have to be one that marries itself to reality and the current level of support that we could expect out of the leadership in ...

from 2001 to 2014, the Active-Duty military has shrunk by 4 percent while the number of civilian defense employees has grown by 15 percent.