Ken Calvert actually said...

"I struggle to think of another time in American history that we have asked the Guard to do the range of missions and at the tempo in which they have been operating over the past year."

"the Chinese already have 60 more ships than the United States, and they are very capable ships."

"the allocation that the administration has come up with for our defense budget is not adequate."

"the number that General Mattis came up with in order to meet the National Defense Strategy... should be at least a 3 percent-plus number net of inflation."