Mark Takano actually said...

"We are absolutely torn up that this happens to people serving veterans."

"Are you all going to pay for part of this parade, rather than put the money into veterans healthcare?"

"it is the government's responsibility and our duty to take care of our veterans and to oversee that, to not just be privatized."

"We are not going to give up on this. That would be a failure of our acceptance of this mission."