Mark Takano

We are asking for $2.5 million, which is I think a modest investment just, again, to get the office back underway.

The Riverside National Cemetery is the final resting place for nearly 300,000 former military personnel and their family members. Each of them have a story that deserves to be told. I rise today to applaud the University of California…

There is no guard rails at all. The Department of Education is--the regulatory process is going full speed ahead.

Are you all going to pay for part of this parade, rather than put the money into veterans healthcare?

I hope we can continue to work together to help districts like mine, and Ms. Kuster's, and all of the rural states that we have represented on this Committee.

Opening Statement of Takano, Hon. Mark

I am extremely disappointed that we are seeing in the Higher Ed bill, a complete elimination of the 9010 rule.

We are not going to give up on this. That would be a failure of our acceptance of this mission.

I thank Ranking Member Waters for contriving this colloquy on Financial Services. It is my distinct honor to join my colleagues in celebrating this milestone in recognizing Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur's remarkable record of service to her…

it is the government's responsibility and our duty to take care of our veterans and to oversee that, to not just be privatized.

We are absolutely torn up that this happens to people serving veterans.

If we are going to make any progress in addressing the opioid epidemic and addressing substance abuse disorders in general, our workplaces must have policies that support affected workers.

supporting the work requirement paradoxically would hamper their ability to get into the workforce?

Any misuse of tax payer money is a significant breach of the trust we place in public officials.

As Ranking Member Sablan has said, access to comprehensive health coverage is imperative for workers with substance abuse disorders.

I am profoundly frustrated that this mismanagement has interfered with our mission of building a stronger and more sustainable VA.

I just want it to be clear to people out there that when the administration talks about cutting back or repealing and replacing the ACA, that Medicaid expansion was a huge part of the Affordable Care Act.

The opioid epidemic, and substance abuse more broadly, has been felt in every corner of this country.

Cuts to Medicaid in the midst of an escalating opioid epidemic could result in lost lives.

I have no further speakers, and I urge my colleagues to join me in passing this meaningful piece of legislation. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. {time} 1545

I just want to get a straight answer about your authority.

You have made prior public statements to the effect that you believe that you could expand this program under your current authority as Secretary.

You have made previous public statements to the effect that you could, Mr. Secretary.

So by adjusting these criteria, you do have the authority to expand the Caregiver to pre-9/11 recipients?

I thank the Congressional Black Caucus for holding this important discussion. For the past 4 years, courts have held that public sector unions can charge a small fee to workers that benefit from the collective bargaining agreements that…