Mark Takano

Today's Special Order hour marks the 10- year anniversary of the enactment of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010. This legislation represented the end of an era, the close of a dark chapter in our military history in which LGBTQ…

I have no further speakers, and I am prepared to close. Mr. Speaker, I ask all of my colleagues to join me in passing H.R. 3475, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the…

Once again, I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 4172 to name the new VA community-based clinic in Aurora, Colorado, after Lieutenant Colonel John W. Mosley, and by doing so, we will help ensure that his legacy lives on and continues to…

I thank the gentleman from Ohio for yielding. I am pleased to join my colleagues in supporting this en bloc, which includes a symbolic amendment in support of the Office of Technology Assessment, otherwise known as OTA. The reestablishment…

I ask all of my colleagues to join me in passing S. 957, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I ask all my colleagues to join me in passing S. 1910, the Major Medical Facility Authorization Act of 2021, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from…

I thank Representative Bowman for yielding, and I fully appreciate an opportunity to be in partnership with a fellow teacher for the cause of climate change. Climate change is infrastructure. Our buildings, roads, and transportation are…

I thank my fellow Californian for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the INVEST in America Act, a $547 billion infrastructure bill that will invest in communities across the country. This bold piece of legislation includes $20…

I thank Chairman McGovern for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong support of House Resolution 503, to establish a select committee to investigate the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol. On January 6, 2021, Americans…

I just want to say that extremism in the defense of nonsense is not conservatism, it is still nonsense. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Mrvan), my good friend, and member of the House Committee on…

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California has 22 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Illinois has 20 minutes remaining.

We look forward to working closely with attorneys general and others to make sure that we're defending our borrowers.

I thank my true friend from the State of Rhode Island (Mr. Cicilline), who chairs the LGBTQ-plus Equality Caucus, for his work. I want to say that Pride is always a very special time of year. It is a time of protest, a time of celebration…

I say mahalo to my colleague, Representative Case, for yielding and for organizing this Special Order hour to commemorate the release of an historic stamp that honors the bravery and service of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the Go for…

I want to thank Ranking Member Bost for pointing out that the previous ranking member and previous chairman of this committee, an OB/GYN, Representative Roe, stood in firm support of this legislation. I know him to also be someone of very…

I want to give you a moment to maybe share with the American people, how the President's budget included in the American Families Plan calls for an investment of 250 billion dollars for childcare expansion.

I urge all my colleagues to support the bill of the gentlewoman from New York (Miss Rice). Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from California…

We know that preventing homelessness is especially critical as we try to emerge out of this pandemic. Madam Speaker, I urge all my colleagues to support Chairman Pallone's bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I am very, very pleased to recommend to all of my colleagues to vote ``yes.'' This issue affects my own constituency where I know that we have veterans that have caregivers that may only speak, say, the language of Spanish, and so I am…

I ask all of my colleagues to join me in passing H.R. 290, as amended, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Takano) that the House…

I have no further questions, and I am prepared to close. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

I would like to close by saying I urge all of my colleagues to support the VA FOIA Reform Act of 2021. We need to make sure that our veterans and their families get information that they have requested from the VA in a timely manner. Madam…

I urge all my colleagues to join me in passing H.R. 293, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Takano) that the House suspend the rules…

I thank the gentleman from New York for his work. We are indeed friends. We both were teachers, Mr. Bowman a principal. We are educators at heart. To recover from one of the worst economic crises we have faced as a Nation, we must invest…

Well, Mr. Secretary, I believe we need to really learn the lessons of the pandemic, and just how these facilities across the country long-term care facilities could see such devastating death rates and infection rates.