Mark Takano

I ask all my colleagues to join me in supporting the resolution, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I urge the representatives of this committee and the House to support the bicameral Breakthrough Therapies Act, introduced by representatives Mace and Dean, as well as senators Paul and Booker.

I urge the representatives of this committee to consider funding initiatives that will not only foster a greater level of investment in psychedelic research in the VA, but also more broadly within academic medicine.

I urge the representatives of this committee to support programs that will allow for the education of at least stakeholders, if not the general public, about the risks and potential therapeutic benefits of psychedelics.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman.

My sense is that there is strong bipartisan interest in supporting VA and encouraging VA to move aggressively in this area.

I am proud to have this groundbreaking research going on at the VA medical center that serves my constituents.

Some of my colleagues have attempted to seize an opportunity to divide the democratic caucus with got you resolutions, and bad faith attempts to condemn antisemitism, which is what the resolution in my view ended up being.

I am appalled by the rise of antisemitism, amid a painful and precarious moment in light of the October 7th attack launched against Israel.

Does Home Depot believe that diversity is actually a strength?

Your DEI initiatives are not just focused on veterans, but the full gamut from gender to ethnicity, race, all different backgrounds?

The Biden economy has pulled this country from what some believed was an inevitable recession.

Unions are good for America and unions are good for veterans.

Simplify the process for veterans to translate their skills in the military into the marketplace.

It is time to ban forced arbitration agreements for Guard and Reserve members, and I look forward to engaging with our witnesses this afternoon.

Make it easier for veterans to start their own businesses.

Ensure that opportunities for veterans of all backgrounds are fair.

Strengthen employment protection so Guard and Reserve members do not have to worry if their jobs will exist when they return from serving their country.

We need to raise wages for veterans in the workplace to reflect the wage gains of the 1 percent and company executives.

I am pleased that the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Bost), my friend and colleague, would like to feed cabbage to his hogs, but I want to feed America's veterans, America's military families, and America's servicemembers. I ask all of my…

I urge all of my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on H.R. 5110, the Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I just remind the chairwoman, the gentlewoman from North Carolina, that it was Congress that sent language in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act which proscribed the ability for these activities to occur in our schools, and to…

I challenge her to go work on a farm under extreme heat conditions.

I think history will judge him and the Senators who have held up her nomination very poorly.

I take offense at the Chairman's opening statement with these baseless, and frankly misleading attacks on our Acting Secretary of Labor.