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Mark Allan Takano is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 41st congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he has focused on issues such as veterans' affairs, education, and labor rights during his tenure in Congress. Takano has been an advocate for improving the lives of servicemembers and has emphasized the importance of checks and balances in government. He has also been vocal about the need to support workers and address the challenges they face in a changing economy.
Isn't it true in Silicon Valley--let's kind of talk about that for a moment--there has been a resurgence of investment, that we are seeing our California budget sort of recovering with additional revenues because your area of the State is…
Thank you, Congressman Honda. I know that before you became a Member of Congress, you had experience as a county supervisor, and I know that counties are often the fiscal agents for major programs, like our nutrition programs, the…
I thank the gentlelady for participating. We both love our State. It is such an honor to serve with you in this body. I now yield to the distinguished gentleman who represents California's 29th District. He sits on the Committee on Natural…
I thank the gentleman. Now, I would like to recognize the distinguished gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Negrete McLeod), a Representative from a neighboring district, California's 35th District. I have known Congresswoman Gloria Negrete…
Thank you so much for coming down to speak about how this shutdown, this GOP-imposed shutdown, manufactured shutdown, and how this threat to not raise the debt limit is jeopardizing our entire Nation. But we in California are a tremendous…
We come from different parts of our great State of California. I know we both share a deep love for our State. I have been to your district, to Sonoma and the great forests that you have in your district. It is a terrible thing to see…
Thank you, Mr. Huffman. If you want to--care to stay just a few minutes to have a little back-and-forth.
Thank you, Mr. Lowenthal. I appreciate it. I know you have to run on to a committee, and good luck. Next, I now yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Huffman), my friend and colleague from the Second District, a great leader in the…
I thank the gentleman. I now yield to my friend and colleague, Representative Mike Honda, from the 17th District. I know you, Mr. Honda, have been a former school principal. You have been in local government as a county supervisor, I…
Today, I will be hosting a number of Members from my home State of California, a State in which the population is so diverse and in which the culture is so rich that it is often described as a microcosm of America. Every language, every…
I cherish this Committee. I cherish being on it because it is one of--one corner of the Congress that is still functional.
I think he stated very clearly my sentiments about what needs to be done, a clean CR.
Before I state my unanimous consent request---- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is recognized for a unanimous consent request only. Parliamentary Inquiry
Parliamentary inquiry, Madam Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry.
What do the House Republicans want to end this shutdown, because---- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has been recognized only for a unanimous consent request.
I don't know if you spoke about this earlier, but in just this past series of votes, there was what is called in technical language here in the House, a motion to recommit, otherwise known as an MTR. The Democrats used that opportunity to…
Was that literally the 11th hour, 59th minute before they--that's right. I do remember this now because I was here that time of night. I do remember that because we were wondering what the Republican Caucus was going to do next, and the…
I thank the gentleman from Wisconsin. I rise today to object to this government shutdown that has been orchestrated and carried out by the House Republicans and the Tea Party. Before I came to Congress, yes, as the gentleman has said, I…
We had plenty of time to try and hash all of this out, but let's remember the original pretext for this shutdown. What I kept hearing from our Republican colleagues was they wanted to delay the implementation of the Affordable Care Act…
My inquiry is: Who is the Speaker of this House? Is it John Boehner or is it Ted Cruz? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has not stated a proper parliamentary inquiry.
The last 48 hours, we've voted on a lot of things since then. As I pointed out in my remarks, every headline that looks bad for them, they come up with a bill, and they try to fund that headline away. Again, they're embarrassing votes for…
Before I state my unanimous consent request, may I ask a point of information? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman may state a parliamentary inquiry.
We are very interested in the implementation and the progress that has been made by VRAP and where we are with regards to outreach and recruitment.
I want to take a moment to highlight the efforts of my colleague Representative Brownley, the Ranking Member of the Health Subcommittee, and thank her for the enormous amount of work she put into a package of legislation reauthorizing…
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