Mark Takano

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 8 Offered by Ms. Shea-Porter The Acting CHAIR…

I reiterate my support for the Office of Technology Assessment. Congress does not suffer from a lack of information, but it does suffer from a lack of trusted information to help make wise policy decisions. Today, we do need the Office of…

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…

After more than 2 years and more than $10 billion, the VA Choice Program has failed to deliver on its promise of shorter wait times for veterans. It is time for us to recognize that private care is not the panacea for the complex challenge…

I associate myself with the remarks of the gentleman from Pennsylvania. I am very thankful that the gentleman has brought Congress' attention to Sergeant Kusick's deed on behalf of our Nation. I was reflecting on his youth, 22 years old…

Despite the soaring rhetoric, ESSA is not a blank check to states and districts.

I am disappointed with the reaction from some of my colleagues in the majority who have characterized ED's state plan feedback as overreach.

I believe this Congress' use of the CRA to block regulation of Title I's core requirements was misguided and irresponsible.

This is why we are in Congress. This is what we should be doing to help our true American heroes.

For far too long swarm of predatory, for-profit schools have exploited the generosity of the G.I. Bill.

This bill also incorporates my proposal to permanently authorize VA's work-study allowance program.

This legislation guarantees that the G.I. Bill will continue both of these functions for decades to come.

The G.I. Bill serves two critical functions. First it is a powerful tool for recruiting talented young people into military service.

I want to join my colleagues in expressing support for this bipartisan effort to secure the G.I. Bill for future generations of veterans.

In order to maintain the same levels of services and prevent the expiration of these surge grants, the SSVF program would need up to $80 million more in fiscal year 2018 than the Department requested.

So it is about recognizable credentials.

So South Carolina runs their Apprenticeship Carolina model through State community colleges and all of your 16 community colleges are engaged in the development and implementation of these programs.

I am concerned that this administration will undercut a tried and proven model.

The media has reported that the administration will unveil a new apprenticeship program that will allow Federal dollars to flow essentially to unregistered apprenticeship programs.

These cuts would undermine the progress and advancements our workforce system has made in the past few years.

I was certainly proud to be among the 400 House members who supported WIOA.

The President proposed funding cuts for the youth, for the adult training, dislocated workers and adult education formula funds for each of our home States by about 40 percent.

I want to just reach out to my Republican friends on the Committee, especially from rural states.

I was proud to have a part in championing the 1500 residencies in the Choice Act during the conference committee phase.

In my mind is the words of John F. Kennedy, ask not what your country can do for you, but what we together can do for our country and for the interests of liberty.