Mark Takano

It is Congress' constitutional duty to oversee the Federal Government.

VA doesn't get to pick and choose which hearings they will attend.

I certainly appreciate the partnership and the spirit of the ranking member of the committee in addressing this national crisis of veteran suicide, and H.R. 2333 is an essential and significant step that we are taking to address this…

We need to pass POWADA, but we also need to deal with forced arbitration.

I am pleased that this legislation is bipartisan. I am pleased we see a number of Republicans, conservative Republicans actually joining us.

I am very pleased today that the Committee is considering the passage of POWADA, which stands for Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act.

I am pleased that this legislation is bipartisan.

The Supreme Court decision made it far more difficult for people like Mr. Gross to prove that he was discriminated against based on his age.

So we have seen the same old--this is a big statistic we always cite, this trajectory of increased productivity in our country, but yet workers not sharing in that productivity and technology is blamed.

The way I look at this, the Supreme Court decision made it far more difficult for people like Mr. Gross to prove that he was discriminated against based on his age.

``We the People'' is a bold opening statement enshrined in our Constitution. Yet, the truth is that in most parts of our country, LGBTQ Americans are not included in ``We the People.'' Students in Arizona should go to school free from fear…

I want to take a moment on this historic day to recognize the effort of former Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Tim Walz. He was a primary mover of the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act for 12 years while he was in Congress…

To say that my good friend, Congressman Courtney from Connecticut, is, unfortunately, unable to join us to speak in support of the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act due to an illness. The gentleman from Connecticut has been a steadfast…

The decision in Procopio removed much of the cost issues both Chambers struggled with in the last Congress. Because we are covering more veterans than the Procopio decision, the ranking member and I included a mechanism in the bill to…

I also want to mention the efforts we made to pay for this bill, so it can pass the Senate this Congress. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record the Congressional Budget Office scores. Congressional Budget Office, U.S. Congress, Washington…

To pay tribute to the late Congressman Walter B. Jones, Jr., from North Carolina, who cosponsored H.R. 299 at the very beginning of this Congress. It saddens me that we weren't able to pass this bipartisan bill into law before his passing…

I was shocked that they said this is what the students said they needed.

This is all adding up to I think endangering their ability to graduate on time.

We can't assume that as they enter the university system that they're going to have any less need for nutrition.

I have met with students from Berkley who said they have to go way, way, way out of in--a long radius from the campus to get affordable housing.

Looks like we have a lot of work to do in terms of imagining and creating.

I think there needs to be an alignment and an agreement between Federal and State implementations.

We all know that financial--the financial benefits to completing a college degree, let there be no doubt that there is value in that.

This is a watershed moment for this Congress, as we contemplate the clearest path forward to address the investment deficit facing our Nation's infrastructure.

As Chairman of the Committee in this Congress, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019 was the very first piece of legislation I introduced.