Mark Takano

I have no further speakers. In closing, Madam Speaker, I support S. 3126, the Mark Our Place Act, and I yield back the balance of my time.

The potential change in tax-exempt status would not only impact the financial stability of countless nonprofit organizations but would severely undermine the ability to carry out their core missions of advocating for civil rights and…

I have no further speakers, and I yield myself the balance of my time to close. Mr. Speaker, I support S. 656, the Veteran Improvement Commercial Driver License Act of 2023, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Thank you. I appreciate that. I thank the chairman, and I will reclaim my time. Mr. Speaker, while this bill will head to the President's desk, I hope our committee can continue to work on this issue in the meantime. Despite my concerns…

I appreciate that pledge. My second question to you, Mr. Chairman. Can I count on your support for that amended bill, whenever it may be, this Congress or next?

I have no further speakers, and I am prepared to close. Mr. Speaker, I wish to ask all my colleagues to join me in passing H.R. 7323, the Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2024, as amended, and I yield back the…

I mention that I support this bill because it is a step forward, but we do have a more comprehensive solution for reservists. It is called the GI Parity Bill. It would provide parity to our reservists and our guardsmen to make sure that…

I urge all of my colleagues to join me in passing H.R. 522, the Deliver for Veterans Act, as amended, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I support H.R. 6656, as amended, and I yield back the balance of my time.

We could just call this give America over to private equity. The whole thing is designed to enrich a small group of people. Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Huffman for his dedication.

Have my colleagues across the aisle proposed a plan to leadership to address these additional funds needed by the VA? No. Of course not. My Republican colleagues would rather point fingers under the guise of accountability than legislate…

I ask all of my colleagues to join me in passing H.R. 2911, the Fairness for Servicemembers and their Families Act of 2024, as amended. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

I ask all of my colleagues to join me in passing H.R. 4190, the Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I ask all of my colleagues to join me in passing H.R. 5464 to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Guntersville, Alabama, as the Colonel Ola Lee Mize Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic. Mr…

In closing, I ask all my colleagues to join me in supporting H.R. 7816, the Clear Communication for Veterans Claims Act, as amended, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I have no further speakers, and I yield myself the balance of my time to close. Mr. Speaker, I ask all of my colleagues to join me in passing H.R. 7342, the Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2024, and I yield back the…

I have no further speakers, and I yield myself the balance of my time to close. Mr. Speaker, I ask all of my colleagues to join me in passing H.R. 4424, the Vietnam Veterans Liver Fluke Cancer Study Act, as amended, and I yield back the…

I urge all of my colleagues to join me in passing H.R. 7100, the Prioritizing Veterans' Survivors Act, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Too many tipped workers in this country are unable to make a sustainable living.

The two-tier wage system that tipped credits have created costs workers billions of dollars a year in wage theft.

There is nothing pro-worker about advocating for the continuation of a sub-minimum wage.

I am always moved by poignant examples of veterans who, once they take off their uniforms after valiant service, still go on to serve our country and serve their communities. Charlie Dowd is certainly an example of that, especially…

I thank Representative Ilhan Omar for all her amazing work to help the veterans in her district and across our country. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Kennedy), who is the newest member of the House Veterans'…

I thank Congressman Landsman for his amazing advocacy for our Nation's veterans. Mr. Speaker, I yield to my good friend from the State of New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment, Representative Melanie Stansbury.

I thank the gentlewoman from North Carolina for her work on the section of the PACT Act that relates to justice for those servicemembers who were in residence at Camp Lejeune. It is a decades-long effort to bring justice for those members…