Ken Calvert actually said...

"It seems to me that we are reacting slowly to the problem."

"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is your third Californian in a row, so we have it all--earthquakes, wildfires, floods, droughts, pestilence."

"I want to bring up a couple of fires in the past and some of the difficulties we have had in California."

"Will it truly provide more middle-class jobs or improve infrastructure? The answer, sadly, no."