Mark Takano

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 realize the chairman and all of us in the veteran space have had our differences with the way the Congressional Budget Office scores the TEF. However, I would assert that we cannot use that as an excuse for why we don't address veteran…

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…

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…

Nowhere in the Default on America Act was there any protection for VA spending.

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

I certainly am frustrated by the elements within the IG's report related to the transparency or the lack of transparency.

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…

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.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am glad you recognized me.

Congress should enact H.R. 543, the 'VA Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Modernization Act.'

I share some of my colleagues on the other side's concern about the costs of higher education.

Critics are charging that students are being sold online programs that are deceptively marketed as equivalents of the in-person programs on campus.

Well, thank you for that.

I am looking forward to hearing from transitional housing providers today about improvements we can make to grant and per diem program.

I have been working on legislation that would expand administrative funding for the HUD-VASH program to mimic the EHV program.

Ending veteran homelessness has long been a key priority of mine.

Are there any other lessons from the EHV program that we could apply to other subsidies like HUD-VASH that you would add besides that or was that the key one?

I might suggest the majority look at that.

There is so much we need to do with regard to food insecurity and veterans.

I have been working on legislation to expand and modernize the HUD-VASH program...

I appreciate San Diego and Oceanside's commitment to addressing the homelessness crisis with the urgency it deserves.