Mark Takano

Ironically, the housing we build for veterans, we can't put veterans in there because their disability benefits make them ineligible.

I agree with you that being underhoused or homeless is a health disparity, and this is an issue we should address with urgency.

Don't free the sharks. Don't feed the sharks.

We would support that effort.

I have no further speakers, and I yield myself the balance of my time for the purpose of closing. I sadly must oppose the bill, but I do not urge my colleagues to do the same. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

I will not rest until this rider is gone from any future appropriations bill, and I urge my colleagues to join me in that effort. For now I must oppose this bill. There are a lot of good things in this bill, and I don't ask my colleagues…

It is regrettable that I must rise in opposition to the measure before us. I am anguished over it for one simple reason: Veterans' lives are on the line. I have the greatest respect for my colleague, the ranking member of the…

I want to thank the VFW for your support for the Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act.

Delivering VA for all veterans, irrespective of their age, gender, sexual orientation, or race.

I am less optimistic, albeit still hopeful about the willingness or ability of the House majority to do what is right.

I will continue to fight for real, concrete, actionable solutions to the problems veterans currently face.

The legislative response to those issues from this Congress has largely been nonexistent.

Today VA is receiving and processing more claims for disability compensation than ever before.

I will resist vigorously any attempts to undermine the law and shift back to the old funding paradigm.

The PACT Act continues to be a good-news story, the law is not without its challenges.

I want to thank the VFW for your support for the Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act.

The legislative response to those issues from this Congress has largely been nonexistent.

I am less optimistic, albeit still hopeful about the willingness or ability of the House majority to do what is right.

Reproductive health care is veterans' health care, and we must make it the law.

I will continue to fight for real, concrete, actionable solutions to the problems veterans currently face.

Delivering VA for all veterans, irrespective of their age, gender, sexual orientation, or race.

The PACT Act continues to be a good-news story, the law is not without its challenges.

Today VA is receiving and processing more claims for disability compensation than ever before.

I will resist vigorously any attempts to undermine the law and shift back to the old funding paradigm.

This polls really high with the American public.