Mark Takano actually said...

"Despite the soaring rhetoric, ESSA is not a blank check to states and districts."

"I am disappointed with the reaction from some of my colleagues in the majority who have characterized ED's state plan feedback as overreach."

"this is why we are in Congress. This is what we should be doing to help our true American heroes."

"I want to join my colleagues in expressing support for this bipartisan effort to secure the G.I. Bill for future generations of veterans."