Ken Calvert

So as the drought continued, why didn't the Forest Service take more decisive action?

The Clean Air Act is very important to me, and certainly my State, and certainly my area.

However, it caused lasting effects for the forests and expected to permanently alter forest cover in some areas.

Enacting $54 billion in non-defense program cuts in one Fiscal Year is an untenable proposition.

I hope we can work together to find revenue for these schools.

The war on coal is real, and unfortunately has had a devastating impact.

We believe the Forest Service needs to impose certainly more discipline in the accounting, budgeting, and management processes.

I applaud him for being willing to negotiate and saying we are happy to sit down and talk with you.

You have a tough job here today.

We need to deal with that as far as what is the future of that.

But we allow the Forest Service to borrow from every other fund to fight wildfires.

I hope you take a very close look at that report and get back to us, to commit to making these programs one of your top priorities in the Department.

We applaud the Capitol Police for their continued efforts to be the first line of defense.

I would rather do it with our wildfire fire bill, but if we could stop the borrowing legislatively, it would force the Forest Service to come to Congress for a supplemental.

Obviously education is extremely important, and I cannot think of anything more important than education throughout Indian Country, or throughout the rest of the country.

After their sacrifice for this country, it is our responsibility to make sure that all of our vets are taken care of.

I can assure you that your voices are heard by this subcommittee.

I appreciate the support that the subcommittee expressed last year on the MOU when I testified, and I regret to report that our efforts to work with the agencies involved have not been successful, and that is why I am back again this year…

On rollcall votes 207 and 208 I was unable to vote due to obligations in my congressional district. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no'' on rollcall 207, the Motion to Recommit, and ``yes'' on rollca11 208, related to H.R. 1431…

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

We cannot afford to be at war because we did not have the capable military force to deter all foreign forces.

We need a budget agreement. We need the administration, we need the Senate, the House to come to a workable number.

we need a budget agreement. We need the administration, we need the Senate, the House to come to a workable number that we can agree to get rid of the sequestration and the Budget Control Act

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.

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 the Afghan forces so that we don't add to their responsibility without preparing them for success