Ken Calvert

As we look to invest in capabilities, we are looking for the right mix of capabilities that can support our warfighting concepts.

We need to have the facts. The American people need to know this is what it is going to cost and this is how we are going to pay or borrow it so we can all make those judgments.

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell Smith testified to our colleagues recently that it takes Navy sailors an average of 5 weeks to get a mental health appointment.

One of the major assumptions in cutting this budget is that COVID requirements are, according to the budget request, expected to decrease as we transition to COVID becoming endemic.

Unfortunately, the President's fiscal year 2023 budget request fails to do that.

I would have to say that is the one thing that makes our Air Force so successful is the ability to project power.

I want to high loot the Guard's impact on America's role in the world, specifically, the State Partnership Program.

Hope is not a planning strategy, as my old man used to say.

I am deeply troubled by the administration's weak request for defense.

As the world watches, we must send the message that this Congress stands ready to strengthen its military, to stand by its allies, and continue to make the world a safer and more prosperous place. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute…

The worst two words in the English language are too late.

Our hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan was a signal to the world that this administration will abandon our allies, risk the lives of U.S. service members, and even leave U.S. citizens behind.

Weakness is provocative.

While we are frozen, unable to properly provide for our Nation's defense, our adversaries are planning to react accordingly.

We all want to get this done by February 18.

BCA was certainly a disaster for the Department of Defense.

Let's get this done by at least February 18th for the men and women who are serving in the United States military.

The pay raise that we are anticipating is really a down payment on inflation.

I am kind of a little confused. Last I looked, the Democratic Party controls the House, they control the Senate, and they control the White House. If they want to pass an omnibus bill, pass it. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my…

I think everybody knows, Madam Speaker, what the conditions are that have been pretty much publicized. National defense spending must go up and the balance of the appropriations has to come down; the legacy riders must come back in, and…

I thank the gentleman for yielding me time. I want to say we are all going to miss Jerry. It was a privilege to serve with him, and Godspeed, Jerry.

We need more ships, quite frankly, and your comment on the workforce constraints that you are experiencing and what our private shipyards need in order to keep pace with China.

Hope is not a planning strategy.

To send up the same proposal that Congress has previously opposed and expect a different outcome, I believe, is ill-advised.

The whole reason that we have the Space Force is to be disruptive, to create change as rapidly as possible.