Mark Takano

I have no further speakers at this time, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mental health and suicide prevention are among my top priorities.

I believe we really do have to work together to support all veterans who have worn the uniform of our great Nation.

I have legislation which I've introduced, H.R. 1180, the Accurate Workplace Injury and Illness Record Restoration Act, which would restore OSHA's ability to cite employers who systematically fail to record workplace injuries and illnesses.

So tell me why this rule was so important.

This rule also would have required them to record illnesses as well, is that right?

I am sure Christine Pelosi is going to be tweeting in just a few moments. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Courtney), my good friend and member of the Armed Services Committee and senior member of the…

I thank the gentleman from Texas and his devotion to Bill Mulder and his memory. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur), my good friend, a longtime friend to the Veterans' Affairs Committee, and a senior…

I thank the gentleman from Texas for his kind words and comments, and I appreciate his passion for our veterans. And I am very pleased that we can honor his friend by the naming of the bill. Madam Speaker, I have no further speakers, and I…

I urge all of my colleagues to join me in passing S. 785. I thank all of my colleagues who worked on this bill on both sides of the aisle, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Dean). The question is on the…

I thank Ranking Member Roe for his kind words, and it is a pleasure to be here today to present this package of legislation on veteran suicide prevention. I do appreciate his mentioning the veteran hotline, and I do want to also encourage…

I also want to acknowledge the leadership of the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Cunningham), who worked with the subcommittee ranking member, Dr. Neal Dunn. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr…

It does take resources to make sure that they have the teachers who are qualified to teach those courses, who know about the pedagogy.

It is the role of the Federal Government historically to ensure equity in every sector.

The general duty clause of the Occupational Safety and Health Act requires employers to provide employees with, quote, a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm, end quote.

The role of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is to, quote, ensure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards, end quote.

The Healthy Families Act is commonsense policy. While paid sick days are especially critical to workers as we respond to COVID-19, it will be necessary for workers across this country to still have access to paid sick leave once the…

So I think an emergency response is important to ensure that people can start staying home immediately if that is what their medical providers are recommending to them.

Research on the 2009 H1N1 pandemic estimated that an additional 5 million people contracted the virus due the lack of workplace policies like paid sick days.

Today the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.

The United States is lagging behind the majority of industrialized nations that have some form of paid sick leave.

Those conversations with high school faculty is really critical.

Similar to Wisconsin, my home State of California is making some great strides in expanding this apprenticeship model to the K-12 system.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you, Chairwoman Davis and Ranking Member Smucker, for this bipartisan hearing.

We need to make a distinction between the public square and public accommodation and entities that are supported by Federal dollars.