Ken Calvert

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

I have been working on this since I have been in Congress, 25 years, and I would like to get it done in my lifetime.

We had those discussions often about the Harbor Maintenance account, and also about maybe expanding the definition of the Harbor Maintenance account to go beyond the port facility.

Please understand that these populations have quadrupled since the project feasibility study where significant numbers of homeowners, businesses, infrastructure which remain vulnerable to flooding, and we need to address this as soon as…

Republicans must do whatever we can to reduce unchecked and inappropriate spending and I believe we have an exciting opportunity ahead of us to submit a fiscally responsible federal budget to the American people.

H.R. 295 would reduce our defense civilian workforce by 15% by FY 2028 through the flexibility of attrition as well as giving more weight to performance in a Reduction in Force.

Budgets can be values-based documents without being ideological manifestos, and I would hope that the burden of governing fosters a sense of pragmatism about the value of government investment.

It is time for the Pentagon to make permanent reductions in a thoughtful manner that will result in a more efficient civilian workforce.

We hate to see kids going to schools that are in a difficult situation.

I think it is important to point out what this means to Native programs throughout the United States.

We will certainly look at that. And we have challenges, not just in Indian Country, but throughout the United States, as far as getting these permits done in an orderly fashion.

We have over a billion-dollar need, and we need to come up with, like you mentioned, a DOD kind of program.

I'm sure Mr. Simpson shares your hope that we can get the wildfire bill passed in this Congress.

If we ever get around to an infrastructure bill, that we have a section in the bill for road construction throughout the United States on Indian reservations to rebuild those roads.

I am going to take up Mr. Cole on his offer to work together to see if we can get some additional dollars any way we can get it to take care of some of these challenges.

I hope we can come to what we call around here a budget agreement.

On rollcall votes 481, 482, 483, 484, and 485, I was unable to vote as I was detained in my congressional district to attend the funeral of a dear friend. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes'' on rollcall votes 481, and 482. Had I…

On rollcall votes 479 and 480 I was unable to vote as I was detained in my congressional district to attend the funeral of a dear friend. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes'' on rollcall votes 479 and 480. Personal Explanation

I have no problem with the amendment and am willing to accept the amendment.

Right now we are spending $80 million a year in this appropriation bill. It will double to $160 million in 4 years to store horses that we are presently doing. Also, as the gentleman is aware, we are concerned not just about the health of…

I appreciate the gentleman yielding to me. I do so for the purpose of speaking to this problem we have. I certainly thank my colleague from Colorado for his willingness to work with the subcommittee in agreeing to withdraw the amendment…

I am happy to support the en bloc amendment. I yield back the balance of my time.

Obviously, being from California, we have our own versions of what is going on with the drought, and certainly the science that I look at is different than the gentleman's look at the science that he is at; but that is what policy debates…

In closing, I would like to say that BSEE has done an enormous amount of study and assessment. They continue to do so as they look at the operations of oil and gas industry in California, certainly off the coast of California. Many people…

As I mentioned earlier, we already had a number of debates about each of the provisions that the gentleman is trying to strike; therefore, this amendment is totally unnecessary. Nevertheless, the committee included each of these provisions…