Ken Calvert: “I am pledging to work with you to ensure that the Department of the Interior has the necessary funding.”

For 20 years after the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, the United States maintained a significant military and diplomatic presence in Afghanistan. As part of that effort, we asked the people of Afghanistan to trust the United…

I thank the gentleman for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 6656, the Stuck On Hold Act, legislation I introduced to support American veterans. This legislation is simple yet powerful in its potential to…

our interests are energetics that go into explosion devices. A big part of that is the BioMADE industry.

I thank my good friend, the chairman of the full committee, Mr. Cole, who has done an excellent job of putting this continuing resolution together under difficult circumstances. The appropriators tried to come to an accommodation, but we…