Ken Calvert

I thank you for your service. Mr. Speaker, we have a number of people coming shortly, but first I'd like to say some words about the dean of our California delegation, Jerry Lewis. Jerry was first elected in 1978 to the United States House…

I thank the gentleman. I want you to know how much of a privilege and an honor it has been for me to serve with you for the last 20 years. I'm grateful.

Today we honor seven Members of Congress from California who have honorably served in the United States House of Representatives. The combined experience, knowledge, and expertise of my departing colleagues will be sorely missed. I have…

I thank the gentleman. I certainly wish you well, and I know Notre Dame will do very well in the coming days and weeks.

I hope that is the case because it is not just good for Ontario, it is good for L.A.

I congratulate the mayor of L.A. and the members of the City Council of Los Angeles for recognizing that truth.

My grandfather operated a barbershop on Century Boulevard just a couple of miles from LAX, opened up in the 1920s and operated it for 50 years.

I think we are losing business around Los Angeles because of the impacts of development around the airport.

What is important is I think that we all recognize that the people here in the Inland Empire have every capability of managing this as a safe, clean, and convenient airport facility.

I think it is very appropriate that the gentleman from Wisconsin is here today to help referee this situation, because I think he knows injustice when he sees it.

I thank the Chairman. My friend's--and he is my friend, Mr. Moran--amendment is certainly misguided and costly and a step backwards. Let's talk about the facts. The House composting program in the last Congress increased our operating…

Since defense was brought up, I'm happy to defend our national defense. I rise in strong support of the FY 13 Republican budget. It's a responsible budget that recognizes that we cannot continue on our current fiscal trajectory. It also…

The choice is clear. We can either continue to bury our collective heads in the sand, as the President's budget does, or we can be honest with the American people and make the hard choices now that will ensure America continues to be the…

We can assist the BIA in putting together a process to use outside contractors to expedite what should be a relatively simple process.

I think any aid and assistance that we have to Pakistan should be directly tied to their assistance to us

We need to be more proactive.

I am just tired of people saying we have this ally and we have to be sensitive to their feelings.

We relinquished our authority under the Constitution, it doesn't matter who the President is.

What kind of ally would allow for this kind of activity to continue?

It is frustrating to us to have to operate under a continuing resolution when we could do some things.

We ought to have a national standard for ammonium nitrate throughout the world that has a common odor.

I think it is a lack of leadership that has put us on an unsustainable path that, if enacted, would lead to this country's economic demise.

I want to congratulate the chairman and the committee for the good work we are trying to do to keep this country fiscally sound.

I am concerned that the revised critical habitat designation for the Santa Ana Sucker could become the Inland Empire's 'Delta Smelt'--and cripple our region's economic engine.

the expansion of the critical habitat of the Santa Ana Sucker will bring dire economic consequences for our communities