Mark Takano

Mr. Takano. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I thank the gentleman from Virginia for yielding time. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in strong opposition to H.R. 5, also known as the Student Success Act. Having spent 24 years as a classroom teacher, I am especially concerned about the…

They need one-on-one counseling, particularly the priorities that we should be focusing on.

The bottom line remains more needs to be done.

The job is not getting done and the bottom line for us is does it work in California and does it work in Ohio.

We must remain vigilant in ensuring that we are providing our servicemembers with the tools and training that they need to successfully navigate this transition.

Some of the finest people I have ever met are DVOPs and LVERs who work their tail off and do great things for vets no matter how much they are punished for doing the right thing, and that is what we have to get away from.

This is a very informative hearing, I really appreciate that we are doing it.

You can't do it on the cheap.

Transitioning from the military is a defining moment in all of our servicemembers' lives.

And I recognize there are other challenges beyond maybe the college-readiness which may impact our graduation rates at the colleges, but, specifically, because we don't fund remediation, remedial education, whether it is a semester, a year…

I share your concern about trying to bring some of these job resources up to the front.

So you are saying that up to 50 percent of our veterans who actually have--are interested in seeking higher education--we are not even talking about those veterans who may have been maybe----

``The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services, a compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that period any other…

I thank the gentlelady, the dean of our delegation in California. I come to the floor with tremendous pride and a heavy heart as we say good-bye to two of the greatest liberal legislators California has ever known--Henry Waxman and George…

I have heard from providers in my district that most funding available for creating new housing options for homeless veterans and homeless people in general is for capital costs, rather than operations and maintenance.

VA should be the primary.

Could we do this better?

The majority seems to be using the EEOC's recent guidance on background checks as justification for acting on H.R. 5423.

The scope of H.R. 5423 seems to go well beyond the issue of background checks.

Should Congress be getting involved in this issue? I think you already answered that, Mr. Foreman.

How can you be sure that the leadership teams that are near you are going to be able to tell you the truth?

I find this practice very disturbing.

I have long believed that a society may be judged not only by how it deals with its most vulnerable, but also by how it comes alongside those often forgotten working people who are striving every day for a better life.

Hoosiers have long cherished the principle that we must love our neighbor as ourselves, that we must not walk by on the opposite side of the road when our neighbors are hurting and in need.