Mark Takano

We know there is a link between having access to health coverage and the decrease in maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity.

The United States has some of the best physicians, hospitals, and groundbreaking medicine in the world, and yet it is also the most dangerous and worst place to give birth among any of the developed countries.

So I think that movement to the PUMP Act is a very efficient way of trying to create a space where the traditional spaces of the FLSA can be implemented.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Under Secretary Betsy DeVos, the Department of Education has abandoned its responsibility to put students first and hold predatory, for-profit colleges accountable. The Department has rolled back…

As we welcome the new year and a new decade, I also want to take a moment to recognize my colleague and ranking member of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Dr. Phil Roe, who has announced he will be retiring at the end of this Congress…

America is less safe when the words and actions of our leaders cast unnecessary suspicion on our fellow citizens. America is less safe when families, including children, are targeted by government officials based on their ethnicity or by…

I am here to condemn the President's hostile actions against Iran that led us to the brink of war. President Trump had no legal justification to launch an attack against Iran. The President's dangerous provocation was unlawful and…

Like many of our committee members, I was concerned by the SNAP changes that took place last year and how in particular they would impact veterans, but also active duty, Guard, and Reservists.

Without good data, we do not know the scope of the program.

We are very, very concerned about how, you know, the changes in the terms of SNAP benefits are going to affect our Nation's veterans, active duty, Guard, and Reservists.

We need to find out more; we need better data.

I include in the Record my remarks supporting the impeachment of President Donald Trump. Madam Speaker, I rise today as a strong believer in the American experiment and the democratic norms that distinguish us from the monarchies that…

This is not a question of, will displacement happen? The question is, when will it happen?

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

I request unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and to insert extraneous material on H.R. 3530, as amended. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of…

I urge all of my colleagues to join me in passing H.R. 4920, 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…

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

Americans are skipping their medications because the cost of prescription drugs is too expensive. This is immoral. Americans are going into debt because the cost of prescription drugs is too high. This is immoral. Americans often pay four…

Unfortunately, the Department of Education has failed to issue guidance emphasizing Federal law on this issue since 2015.

I know very well what it is like to comfort a child that is in constant fear of deportation.

I thank the gentleman from Illinois for yielding. I rise today, Mr. Speaker, to join the voices of the working men and women of our country demanding better wages, better working conditions, better benefits. I rise for working families…

I thank the gentlewoman from Massachusetts for yielding. I know the gentlewoman has read the names of the Black trans women who were taken from us far too soon due to bigotry, hatred, and transphobia that is running rampant in our country…

Restoring OTA and making it more responsive, accessible, and transparent is an important means through which we can ensure Congress has the tools it needs to respond to the unique challenges of our time.

My belief is that we need something that is far more responsive to Members' needs.

Our bill envisions a modernized OTA that is responsive to all Members of Congress and provides short-term technical expertise while maintaining the forward-looking assessment work OTA was known for.