Mark Takano

Are you concerned that H.R. 4278 by limiting civil service protections could deter applicants from seeking employment at VA?

Well, essentially, they become at will almost because at will employees, fired at will, because they lack the protections that they currently have.

We have to look at ways to get past the idea of a bachelor's degree being a proxy in all cases.

I do not have much more to say than I really appreciate our annual Bipartisan Member Day hearing.

I ask all my colleagues to join me in passing H.R. 3672 to designate the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Indian River, Michigan, as the ``Pfc. Justin T. Paton Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic.'' I thank my colleague…

Today, I rise to honor the director of Riverside County Department of Veterans' Services, Mr. Grant Gautsche, on the eve of his retirement from public service. Grant, a United States Navy veteran himself, has selflessly attended to…

This moral panic being created by this line of questioning is meant to inflame Americans' sensibilities about transgender people and stigmatize them.

Do you believe that the Constitutional order of separation of powers means that the department may only implement rules that are consistent with the laws that Congress passes?

You have spent your whole life fighting to improve the lives of working people.

Is it true that instead of an ABC test, the proposed rule implements what is called the economic realities test?

These very companies themselves, that were most vocal against the ABC test, are expressing praise for the DOL proposed rule.

It is outrageous, and desperate that my Republican colleagues are firing baseless attacks on you.

I thank Mr. Magaziner for yielding. Mr. Speaker, it is a great honor for me to follow the Speaker Emerita and Ms. DeLauro in offering my words of farewell to my good friend, David Cicilline of Rhode Island. I thank Mr. Pocan for allowing…

With the funding and flexibilities Congress authorized during the pandemic, VA reduced veteran homelessness by 11 percent.

I am reclaiming my time. I simply ask the gentleman whether he will work with us to bring Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick's bill to the floor. That is the question that I will yield for an answer. Will the gentleman work with us? I yield to the…

Reclaiming my time. I am grateful that I hear some kernel that they will work with us in a bipartisan way. What does worry me is the gentleman mentioned over the next few months. I can maybe tolerate the next few months in terms of can we…

Let me also ask this. The Biden administration asked for $325 billion for VA and our Appropriations Committee gave them $325 billion.

I ask all my colleagues to pass S. 777, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2023, and I yield back the balance of my time.

You actually would like to see an ongoing 50 percent of care be covered by the Federal Government? You do not want to see that 30 percent disappear?

I reclaim my time. Mr. BOST: Mr. Speaker, I am committed to addressing the veterans homelessness. {time} 1700

I look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues to ensure that VA maintains this funding and tools in pursuit of our shared goal of a place to call home for every veteran who has served our country.

I have no further speakers. Again, I ask all my colleagues to join me in passing H.R. 366, the Korean American VALOR Act. Might I just add to the chairman's assertion that this is the perfect week to pass this bill. I have already…

I commend General Bergman for the section of the VET-TEC bill which includes addressing this issue related to burials and the cost that the veteran's family has to bear, but I find it peculiar that the majority would take pains to include…

I hope we can work together on this oversight piece. I really feel that we can not forget just the numbers of deaths we had in these state veterans homes.

I thank the gentlewoman from my home State of California. I am very confident this bill will become law, but we will need to make sure that we work together in a bipartisan way to make sure the reciprocal agreement finally gets put into…