Ken Calvert
California's 44th District
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- House Budget passed, w/ my support, legislation called Reconciliation that would prevent devastating sequester cuts http://t.co/BMprIfS9
- GDP drops to dismal 2.2%. Obama’s European vision for our economy is not working. It’s time for a new vision that doesn’t glorify big govt.
- Thanks 2 vocal outrage, Obama wisely backtracks on new intrusive DOL rules 4family farms. Another example of Obama overreach. #biggovernment
- Supreme Court taking up AZ imm law. No doubt fed gov’t responsible 4 immigration, but what if fed gov’t fails 2 perform duties? We shall see
- @GlennHubbard makes the case that Obama’s Buffett Rule is really just a gateway for middle class #tax increases. http://t.co/9S40YCRc
- Great news 4 IE & OC residents: fed gov’t approved loan 2 complete 91 fwy project. Less time on roads = more time home http://t.co/hEs6K3zP
- Tomorrow House will vote on 20% tax cut for small businesses. Our job creators need Obama’s big gov’t to get out of the way! #smallbiz
- Under Obama U.S. debt has increased an astronomical $5 TRILLION. We cannot sustain Obama’s levels of spending. #GOPBudget
- Senate once again punts on considering a budget after prev saying they would hold a vote. Disappointing & discouraging http://t.co/8bvWUuQf
- Every reason Obama has given 4 Buffett Rule has been shot down – no impact on deficits, no econ growth & does not make tax code more “fair”
- I watched as Space Shuttle Discovery took its final flight from FL 2 DC. It will be on display @ Smithsonian Museum. Godspeed #Discovery!
- Obama’s “Buffett Rule” would raise $47B over 10 yrs. Obama spent 16 TIMES that amt in 1st few months of Presidency (failed $787B stimulus).
- Tax day fact: “Since Mr. Obama took office, the avg American has had to devote an extra week 2 working for the gov't.” http://t.co/EXZhZCSe
- @Krauthammer’s take on Obama’s convo w/ Medvedev; Obama’s concessions are “...enough to chill friends & allies, democrats & dissidents...”
- Doing the People’s work: House GOP passed transpo bill, jobs bill and FY13 budget.http://bit.ly/Hu8Utu
- Finally bipartisanship in Washington: Dems and Repubs soundly reject President’s disastrous FY13 #budget 414-0. http://t.co/NJpgtB2G
- @WSJ “If we want a strong America in a dangerous world...it's time to choose the direction that Mr. Ryan is charting.” #GOPBudget
- @WSJ “The Court has always balanced federal and state power by distinguishing between pressure and coercion. ObamaCare crosses that line”
- A visual presentation of the #GOPBudget. http://t.co/ZJCtIsH3 A choice of two futures: unending debt vs. fiscal balance and prosperity.
- @AEI “…when it comes to nat'l security & America’s role in the world, they are the party [GOP] to be trusted.” #GOPBudget puts nat'l sec 1st
- Supreme Court is starting to hear arguments re: Constitutionality of Obamacare. Can gov’t mandate purchase of something? #Unconstitutional
- If Obama gets “flexibility” from reelection, he will cave 2 Russia on missile defense, as Iran continues nuke ambition http://t.co/ozpbQNMp
- The GOP budget saves more than even what was agreed to in the Budget Control Act. The times of reckless spending are over. #GOPBudget
- I am currently at the Budget Comm mark up of the GOP Budget. Our budget makes the hard choices the Pres refuses 2 make. #FailureofLeadership
- @WSJ on GOP Budget: “The country wants leaders who are willing to risk their popularity to address America's serious problems” #GOPBudget
- Repealing ObamaCare 1 bad provision @ a time.House subcomm passed bill 2 repeal Independent Pmt Advsry Board, House will vote soon.
- Today, the House votes on the bipartisan #JOBSAct to help #smallbiz #startups grow & create #jobs http://t.co/wNvK6DAz #4job
- Read my op-ed on why #Romney is right on mandatory E-Verify: http://t.co/XrwROd3e
- March is Women’s History Month, learn more about the contributions women have made to our great nation here: http://t.co/Np3fVHGU
- Budget hrg on Defense today. If sequestration happens as planned, defense spending will be LESS then interest on debt in 2018. Unacceptable
- House to vote 4 H20 sanity in CA: capping amt dumped into SF Bay 4 sake of fish, @ expense of farmers #PeopleOverFish http://t.co/If9rPLFr
- @NRO “The only thing bipartisan about Obamacare is its growing chorus of critics" http://t.co/E6OLedzO
- I participated in Budget hrg on strengthening health & retirement security; must fix our entitlement progs 2 ensure solvency#ObamaBudgetFail
- Obama wants to have it both ways on Keystone: wants 2 hide anti-jobs agenda while appeasing extreme enviros in party. http://t.co/XURFEdIb
- @WashTimes “Over past 3 yrs, Obama EPA conducted a scorched earth campaign against fossil fuel producers & users..." http://t.co/6WZfwf1d
- Some good news for the housing market: existing home sales rise 4.3%. http://t.co/szQT7jfM
- Today the House will pass, with my support, an extension of the Payroll Tax Cut for the rest of 2012. #Bipartisanship http://t.co/M4tnqKv0
- @WSJ “Despite record of picking losers …Obama appears determined 2continue pushing his brew of... tax breaks 4 companies he deems worthy.”
- Was @ Budget Comm questioning OMB Director on Obama’s budget which, if enacted, would lead U.S. down a dismal econ path. #ObamaBudgetFail
- @WashingtonPost “White House…playing… dodgeball: evading anything resembling a serious budget proposal.” #ObamaBudgetFail
- Obama’s budget spends, borrows, & taxes too much. Spends $47T over 10 yrs, $1.9T in new taxes, $11T added to debt. #ObamaBudgetFail
- @WSJ round-up of all tax increases in Obama’s #budget. His budget would further devastate economic growth. Read more: http://t.co/xPu5GI8E
- Is Obama serious about deficit spending, tax reform & ensuring entitlements remain solvent? Or will class warfare continue? #FY13Budget
- @Krauthammer “The Gospel of Obama.” Obama reinterprets the Bible for us as well as redefines “religious institutions” http://t.co/4IKoJfJX
- @SenMcConnell “not in this mess b/c of tsunami in Japan or debt crisis in Europe, in it b/c[Obama] got everything he wanted for 2long yrs.”
- The WH has overstepped its bounds by requiring religious schools & hospitals to provide free contraception/birth control. #ReligiousFreedom
- @WSJ on Senate failure to pass #budget. “At least Democrats are conceding that they're unwilling even to suggest solutions of their own.”
- 1010 days since Senate passed a budget and Dem Ldr Reid says he has no intention of passing a budget this year. #FailureofLeadership
- @RepJerryLewis and I are working with gov’t officials to get Ontario airport back to full capacity service. http://t.co/P2lv43gR
- Good employment news, hiring accelerated in Jan. Let’s keep this trend going & continue to foster pvt sector growth http://t.co/IhFVegch
- Our friends @RCTC & @SANBAGnews announce Inland Empire traffic app for iPhone and Android. Search IE511.
- Obama's "new" housing relief plan simply revamps failed programs, incrs the fed gov't presence in this sector & comes @ cost 2 U.S. taxpayer
- @WSJ op-ed “Pres Reagan's policies ignited recovery so powerful...if repeated today, real per capita GDP w/b $5,694 higher than it is now.”
- @WSJ “Obama's 4 years have seen the four highest deficits since 1946.” Deficits & economic recession = #ObamaLegacy http://t.co/KubNAqXP
- New threats are on the horizon: Iran may launch terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. This is exactly why we cannot indiscriminately cut defense.
- The Case for Keystone Pipeline continues, @WSJ op-ed on how the Pipeline would incr U.S. refiners access to global mkts http://t.co/rAdiXaqh
- Today the House will vote once again to freeze pay for Members of Congress & non-military federal employees. It’s the right thing to do.
- House GOP budget 2 b based on last year’s Budget which addressed entitlements & reduced spending. Still waiting (1000+ days) 4 Senate budget
- Hope remains for Keystone Pipeline, and the 20K #jobs associated with it: House GOP will attach it to the highway bill http://t.co/jambQeff
- We r back 2 pre-recession levels of goods & svcs but haven’t experienced usual growth spurt after, why not? @WSJ http://t.co/YNhx79CI
- #1 job of gov't is nat'l defense & DoD has taken its share of cuts. Must address real problem: entitlement reform http://t.co/mrCULbVc
- U.S. Navy Seal raid in Somalia once again shows that our military, & Special Forces, r best fighting force in world. God Bless our troops.
- Obama talked big on domestic NRG production yet he rejected Keystone which = more oil independence from ME & 20K jobs. #RunningfromRecord
- #SOTU was underwhelming: interesting what wasn’t mentioned – our massive DEBT and his one “success” ObamaCare. #RunningfromRecord
- House bid sad farewell 2 colleague Rep. Giffords. No doubt she will recover & be stronger than ever. God Bless/Best Wishes 2 Gabby & Mark.
- If Pres wants #jobs for Americans, he should check out AL where E-Verify is now mandatory. Unemployment dropped .6% in one month
- Many failed promises, in 09 #SOTU Pres promised to cut deficit in ½ by end of 1st term. Reality: Pres has run up largest deficits in history
- President’s #SOTU will again focus on jobs/economy…as it did in 09, 10 & 11. His speeches are good, his policies r not. http://t.co/cjssZa4Z
- Today marks 1,000 days without a #budget from Dem-controlled Senate. #FailureofLeadership http://t.co/hi2Lq7oS
- We are sad to hear the news of @RepGiffords retirement; she will be missed and we wish her continued success in her recovery
- @WSJ breaks down Gov. Brown’s millionaire tax fallacy: projects increased rev from higher taxes based on stock & real estate bubbles
- On Keystone Pipeline, Las Vegas Review Journal says “The President Has Made A Cynical Political Calculation” http://t.co/EDsU5MHS
- DC Silly season: Dems deny 1700mi Keystone project would create 20K jobs but 1.7mi subway ext would create 43k jobs? http://t.co/9isDybmF
- @WashTimes “...Obama continues to demonstrate that he has no idea how real jobs are created or how the economy works” http://t.co/6enP0isx
- @WSJ on Keystone Pres must “explain why job creation is less important than people who make living working 4 green anti-industrial complx.”
- Obama’s rejection of Keystone means Canada will sell oil 2 China, meanwhile 13 MILLION Americans still unemployed http://t.co/gWSvuQqn
- Obama’s own jobs council has advised him to expand domestic oil drilling & to build pipelines. Will he listen? http://t.co/F71bXchN
- I am not a cosponsor of SOPA (PIPA is the Senate version, they are voting on it next week). Read my full statement: http://t.co/xdBkqvuB
- Obama appoints alumni of Bain & Company (an offshoot of Bain Capital) as acting OMB Director. The irony! http://t.co/pKkudktZ
- Today I am voting to disapprove the #debt limit increase of $1.2T. We have a spending problem, not a revenue problem.
- Obama’s flip-flopping on natural gas; he now supports but since ’08 oil & natural gas royalties fell 90% b/c of Admin. http://t.co/Dj9O3pCx
- @WSJ “Mr. Obama has made it clear w/ his priorities over 3 years that his preference is for the government status quo, only more of it.”
- U.S. slips to #10 on Index of Econ Freedom, from “free economy” 2 “mostly free.” We were #7 in 2008; last 3 yrs of Obama policies in action
- @RepLeeTerry op-ed on Keystone makes good pts that Pres is procrastinating 4politics instead of governing 4 Americans. http://t.co/1LUNdJ9K
- @WSJ ed on Obama’s unconstitutional “recess” appts “The Administration's position is a made-to-order legal invention.” http://t.co/FFPw4i1b
- Excellent editorial @washtimes on Obama’s micromanaging economy that has failed to create jobs & decreased America’s global competitiveness.
- @NRO, great article on defense cuts “If you think staying prepared for war is expensive, try getting caught up in one when unprepared.”
- Obama appts former La Raza VP as head of Domestic Policy Council. Should such narrow special interests be in charge of WH domestic policy?
- @GovernorBrown tax plan may not bring in the billions he has estimated, plus it will push more earners out of CA. http://t.co/SM4RxCiP
- @WSJ breaks down the financial boondoggle that is the CA High Speed Rail project. http://t.co/9XgN5VDA
- Sen. McConnell “Obama admin has admitted to strategy of governing by exec order when it cannot prevail through proper legislative channels”
- Rep. Giffords is an inspiration to us all; a remarkable recovery. My thoughts go 2 families who lost loved ones yr ago in Tucson Tragedy.
- @WSJ “This dance was choreographed 2convey strength.Everything else about it showed how domestic entitlements...squeeze the U.S. military.”
- Defense cuts announced likened 2 cuts after Cold War/Vietnam but threat of terrorism/terrorist states remain (Iran/the Strait of Hormuz).
- Dec saw bump in hiring, on right track but can do more to create #jobs. House passed 28 jobs bills, stalled in Senate http://t.co/MyUF0V42
- Obama will introduce yet another “jobs” initiative. Obama’s failure to understand the economy & the recession has exacerbated unemployment
- Then-Senator Obama objected 2 calls for Bush to make recess appointments during Senate pro forma session. Hypocrisy at the highest office.
- Obama once again pushes limits of Exec power by making unprecedented “recess” appts while Senate is in pro forma session (not recessed).
- New mandatory E-Verify laws for several states went into effect Jan 1. Time for nationwide mandatory #E-Verify. http://t.co/2qA5WYdg
- Obama’s Keystone Pipeline decision is b/w 2 special interests (labor vs. environmentalists). Only special interest that should matter: #jobs
