Mark Takano

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of passage of the…

The Republicans need to get with the program. It is over. Their sorry attempts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act must come to an end. My Republican colleagues have become so desperate to repeal the Affordable Care Act that they are…

I am opposed in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Takano moves to recommit the bill, H.R. 2575, to the Committee on Ways and Means with instructions to…

Forgive me. I may be speaking--I don't think what I am saying is an exaggeration, but I see that the denial of the expansion of Medicaid by some of these States is nothing less than a war on the poor. I don't know how else to say it…

Well, it is a point of pride that even in my area of California, the Inland Empire, my county has met, has exceeded its enrollment goals under Covered California, and just a few days ago we had reached a million in California alone. It is…

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding time. I rise today to stage an intervention, an intervention for Speaker Boehner and the House Republicans. Now, this intervention is not because they are wearing goofy hats or are spray…

Fortunately, I can tell you stories of someone who is under 30, one of those young invincibles, but who was wise enough to know that it made sense for a young person to sign up because it was so very affordable, and he convinced his…

There has been so much distortion. And to my way of thinking, it is diabolical to spend money on distorting ads to confuse people intentionally, to get young people to not sign up for the law, to undermine the law in that way

At least the folks in Texas, who can sign up with the Federal exchange, can get insurance if they are online, but it is unfortunate that those low-income Texans have no place to go. I will just say to the folks in California, those…

It is an honor to be joined by my friends and colleagues to discuss their bills.

The VFW believes that Congress should look to these programs to better understand how to best deliver peer-to-peer support services to veterans on campus.

I look forward to working with Chairman Flores on combining our bills, I believe they are complementary, with regard to the Student Veterans IT Upgrade Act.

The stated purpose of H.R. 4031 is to hold senior level employees accountable by allowing the Secretary of the VA to terminate Senior Executives 'in the same manner as the removal of a professional staff member employed by a Member of…

SVA stands behind Rep. Takano on H.R. 4147 to pursue the upgrade of information technology infrastructure necessary to support the education benefits claims of veterans as they seek higher education.

The American Legion applauds Representative Takano and his colleagues for their work in support of America's service members, veterans, and their families.

The VFW supports Rep. Takano's goal to report on the efficacy of peer-to-peer support services for veterans in higher education.

I support my colleagues' bills that aim to improve the lives of our veterans and of the nine pieces of legislation I have sponsored two bills which seek to help our veterans attending college.

we know far too little about the experiences of student veterans in higher education.

SVA stands firmly with the intent behind the legislation proposed by Rep. Takano in establishing metric-proven success of peer-to-peer support networks for veterans in higher education.

Thank you, Chairman Flores. Good afternoon. I would like to thank everyone for joining us and to thank the witnesses for taking time to testify and answer our questions.

The VFW supports Rep. Takano's Bill to commission a report to Congress on the status of VA's education IT systems.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for scheduling this hearing to review these bills.

I find it unfortunate that the VA has not completed this system and want to know when and how they plan to do so.

The VFW supports Rep. Takano's efforts to better understand the positive impact of peer support for student veterans going back to college.

The American Legion looks forward to working with Rep. Takano and the subcommittee to improve peer-to-peer programs through existing initiatives.