Mark Takano

I have no further speakers. Again, I strongly support H.R. 3656, as amended, and I urge my colleagues to do the same. I yield back the balance of my time.

I have no further speakers, and again, I strongly support H.R. 3122, as amended, and urge my colleagues to do the same. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

I have no further speakers. I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting H.R. 1066, the VA Management Alignment Act of 2017. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

I have no further speakers. I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting H.R. 3562, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I have always thought that to be really, really--I don't know, not accurate, but to be true to the G.I. Bill...

We would have to continue to ask the question about the proper balance instead of it being on auto-pilot mandatory spending

I think we need to incentivize our best students to serve at the VA

I was disappointed it was added late last week and didn't provide you all with enough time to review the text and prepare testimony.

I want to associate myself with Ranking Member Walz's comments earlier about the VA's role as a coordinator of care.

I was thrilled when the Choice Act included 1500 residency slots to help train and attract doctors to the VA.

I traveled with my fellow Committee Members Representatives Correa and Rice, and while there we learned that veterans abroad can't access the Veterans Crisis Line.

I believe it will be an experiment whether they are competitive. I believe these spots will fill.

What kind of resources or support would the VA need from Congress so that veterans could access the VCL from anywhere in the world?

I think World War I had enormous consequences that we are still feeling today, the high percentage of nationalism that we are experiencing around the world was certainly present during World War I.

On Friday, the Secretary of Energy submitted a proposed rule to the Federal Energy Regulation Commission, otherwise known as FERC, with the explicit purpose of adjusting market rules to favor coal and nuclear power plants.

I wanted to make sure that her interest as a small business owner was being represented, as opposed to receiving guidance from the franchisor's interest.

H.R. 3441 is not a good deal for small business owners or small franchises.

Unfortunately, we seem to have our priorities mixed up.

It denies millions of workers the right to hold their employers accountable for wage theft.

This bill represents a significant and dangerous break from that precedent.

Too many Americans can't afford to buy a house, send their children to college, or save for retirement.

So this really should be called the Screw Workers and Screw Small Businesses Act.

The case of these workers takes what, to many, seems like a technical, legal debate, and puts a face to the workers who are protected by our joint employer laws.

But I believe this bill is more accurately described as a gift to large corporations that will further rig the economy against workers.

Instead of focusing on this small sector, our time could be better spent focusing on policies that will raise wages and reduce income inequality for millions.