Mark Takano actually said...

"It is my own sense that it is a very important recruiting tool for our voluntary forces."

"I want to make sure that we make good on that promise, that that promise is not hollow."

"Don't you also believe there is also a problem of politicization of the Department, that we, in effect, turn the entire department over to political patronage?"

"I think we all can agree that helping struggling mothers and hungry babies and young children is a good thing to do, and it is good public policy."