Mark Takano

It seems backward that veterans with service-connected disabilities could be denied housing.

I want to fully open up the front doors of VA by ensuring veterans with other than honorable discharges can access the health care for homeless veterans program.

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

I am going to continue to fight for passage of H.R. 645, Congresswoman Cherfilus-McCormick's Healthy Foundations for Homeless Veterans Act.

Barriers remain to ensuring every veteran has a place to call home.

I am hopeful that Congress can act to make tweaks to existing law to remove unnecessary roadblocks.

I also want to fully open up the front doors of VA by ensuring veterans with other than honorable discharges can access the health care for homeless veterans program.

Mr. Chairman, before you yield back all your time might I suggest we also look at the skills bridge program...

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

if we think we are having trouble with transitioning service members out of the service think about veterans who are transitioning out of the justice system and how they fall through the cracks.

One critical step Congress took during the COVID-19 pandemic was to authorize emergency housing vouchers, or EHVs, through the American Rescue Plan.

I was trying to remember the gentleman's cause, which was the merchant mariners during World War II. I was at an event with Senator McConnell which commemorated the service of these merchant mariners who played such a critical role serving…

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding and I certainly share his commitment and I share your pride. I know you stand for justice. I know you stand for the cause of all folks who have been marginalized. I know of your commitment to…

Reclaiming my time. So it is curious to me that the gentlewoman has not included even the word ``transgender.'' She uses the word ``biological male,'' and the study that she has put forward studies the harm done to cisgender girls by…

Reclaiming my time. So the gentlewoman does recognize that transgender kids and transgender people exist.

I would say that organizations like the NCAA and the International Olympic Committee can resolve these issues about fairness in competition, but we should not neglect the greater value of participation, connecting to others in society and…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 219, nays 203, not voting 13, as follows: [Roll No. 192] YEAS--219 Aderholt Alford…

Again, the assertion that the underlying bill is about protecting women and girls couldn't be farther from the truth. We know that in States that have inclusive policies toward trans girls and women in sports, that the overall…

I claim time to speak in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 minutes.

I would just say let's allow, at the very elite level, organizations like the International Olympic Committee and the NCAA to make determinations of what constitutes fairness, not impose the Federal Government where it is not necessary…

This amendment perpetuates false arguments that allowing transgender girls to participate on school sports teams will undermine the well-being of cisgender girls. Again, my friends across the aisle are conflating and confusing the issue…

While girls' participation in sports have increased 1,000 percent since Title IX, the participation numbers still have not reached that of boys 50 years ago. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms. Stevens).

I include in the Record an article from the Advocate titled ``Judge Blocks Utah Trans Sports Ban, While Probe of Athlete Emerges,'' from August 2022. [From the Advocate, Aug. 19, 2022] Judge Blocks Utah Trans Sports Ban, While Probe of…

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California has 4\1/4\ minutes remaining.

May I inquire how much time remains on each side? The CHAIR. The gentleman from California has 17\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has 14 minutes remaining.