Mark Takano actually said...

"The language and financial support of Chairman Takano's draft would allow us to increase our capacity to address the needs of veterans."

"I want you to know that senior members of this Congress have burned in their memory, the failure of our previous attempts to integrate the records."

"Allowing grant funding for clinical health care will not solve the problem of underresourced and underserved geographic areas suffering from a general shortage of providers."

"I will oppose any language that authorizes use of VA grants to provide clinical care, clinical mental health care."