Mark Takano

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division B (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. ___. There is appropriated…

Do we need to kind of have a different kind of dog tag to know where these servicemembers actually have been?

Do we know for a fact that the data that I am talking about, the geographic data of where that servicemember's unit was involved, is that integrated into the health record at the DoD?

So who would be responsible? Whose responsibility would that be to try and track--to try to correlate a servicemember's service record and any kind of diseases, ailments, or symptoms that there may be a pattern--recognized in that pattern?

Well, my interest is, of course, that we have a more proactive approach to anticipating these sorts of symptoms.

With the development of a system where VA and DoD may share electronic health records, it will directly increase the quality of and access to health care for veterans.

Do we know if that is part of a future plan?

The Trump Administration has proposed a 37 percent cut in fiscal year 2019 for the Office of Electricity

I think the public needs to understand the risks and where the liabilities are in a community, how are we going to address the low-income folks who are living in the riskiest areas that constitute our important workforce.

How is it that we can make sure that this reauthorization works in tandem and helps leverage what California is doing, and how can the Federal Government be of the best assistance to the State of California?

I want to understand, is this research, the conclusions you have drawn about what people would do if they couldn't shelter in place, is that part of the social science that needs to be done?

It would be government data that would also inform other kinds of market incentives to be able to drive this in the right direction.

We are talking about examining building codes going forward -- so that all future construction conforms to adequate building codes.

I look forward to hearing from the panel today about what Congress can do to accelerate, and eventually expand, deployment of this lifesaving technology.

I look forward to our expert panel's assessment of the program's strengths, weaknesses, and challenges, and recommendations for improvements.

I just want to make sure that the live stream is functioning.

This bill would create veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition administration at VA, headed by a new Under Secretary for Economic Opportunity and Transition.

SVA is proud to support the bipartisan Veterans' Education, Transition, and Opportunity Prioritization Plan (VET OPP) Act of 2018.

I understand that there is a need continuity.

Given the VA's notorious difficulty in forecasting the spend rate of the Choice program, I believe this proposal is misguided.

We are facing a tremendous doctor shortage in our country.

I prefer what I see occurring with the Senate bill, which is to expand the current program to veterans to all eras.

I would not support anything that would diminish the benefits for any veteran.

The OTA also helped Congress make cost-saving decisions well in excess of its own budget

It is well past overdue that Congress look at funding anew an agency that really has never died; it was just defunded.