Mark Takano
@RepMarkTakano
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Proudly Representing California's 39th District. Ranking Member: @VetAffairsDems. Chair: @EqualityCaucus. Member: @EdWorkforceDems, @USProgressives, and @CAPAC.
Riverside, CA
Joined December 2012
The data is in & the time is now to modernize work culture for the better. I'm reintroducing the 32-Hour Workweek Act to allow workers to begin reclaiming their time, and their lives, with no loss of pay.
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Republicans have created a healthcare crisis and now want to put doctors in prison. This is an attack ALL Americans should be against to save healthcare for millions of people.
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I had the chance to talk with George earlier this year about his arrest and 3 day detention. He is a brave man. Hear more from him:
US citizen and veteran detained by ICE: I’m here as a veteran, father, and ordinary person who believes in our country. I respect law enforcement, but I also believe accountability is the foundation for respect. I was arrested and detained by ICE agents.
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Last week I heard from Andrea Velez, a Los Angeles resident and US citizen recently detained by ICE. Out of fear, she now carries her passport because ICE did not believe she was a citizen, despite having a California ID.
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1/2: Unions = Accountability at VA Accountability at VA = better veteran care Better veteran care = A VA for ALL veterans It's really that simple. https://t.co/TPRfgeQoWV
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt understood the folly of collective bargaining at Veterans Affairs.
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Web designers like @reijowrites bring powerful interactions to the web with one platform: Framer
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RM @RepMarkTakano supports expanding veterans' benefits. But there is no reason that disabled veterans should have to pay for them by losing the benefits they've earned through their service and sacrifice. Congress must do the work of passing a bill that doesn't pit one group of
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Health insurance IS critical. Democrats refuse to stand by while veterans and hardworking Americans are forced to choose between healthcare and keeping the lights on. Republicans: There are 12 legislative days left to fix this. Come to the table. America's veterans deserve
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.@RepMarkTakano and @SenBlumenthal leading a presser in the Capitol now on the impact of health care tax credits on vets and their families — they say 267k are set to lose health care if Affordable Care Act provisions are allowed to expire.
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ICE and DHS is making Americans feel like they have to carry their passports in their own country. This Administration is not interested in protecting citizens in their mass deportation crusade.
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I commend my colleagues for their courage and clear-eyed action. This is a much-needed bipartisan response to Trump’s and Hegseth’s illegal boat strikes.
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The Senate and House armed services committees’ pledge followed a Washington Post report revealing that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered that a U.S. strike leave no survivors.
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I am keeping the two National Guard members shot earlier today in my thoughts and hoping they pull through. Their families, friends, and units are carrying a heavy burden tonight, and my heart is with them.
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Senator and United States Navy Captain (Ret.) Mark Kelly has embodied the highest values we expect of the officers of our armed forces. A decorated combat veteran, his record is not just honorable—it is unimpeachable. For President Trump and his cowardly cronies to smear Senator
When I was 22 years old, I commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy and swore an oath to the Constitution. I upheld that oath through flight school, multiple deployments on the USS Midway, 39 combat missions in Operation Desert Storm, test pilot school, four space
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When I was 22 years old, I commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy and swore an oath to the Constitution. I upheld that oath through flight school, multiple deployments on the USS Midway, 39 combat missions in Operation Desert Storm, test pilot school, four space
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Trump is illegally trying to foreclosing the Department of Education. And millions of students, teachers, schools, and families are paying the price.
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It is unacceptable that for months VA has failed to pay out essential housing and education benefits to thousands of veterans, their families, and survivors, forcing them into financial instability and uncertainty. @RepMarkTakano, @SenBlumenthal, and I are demanding VA urgently
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The President is targeting members of Congress for reminding our military of their obligation to the Constitution. This moment requires everyone — including Republicans — to lower the temperature and call out this violent rhetoric.
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Today, we remember our transgender siblings taken too soon by acts of violence. In their memories, we must all commit to ending anti-trans violence and countering the hate that inspires it. #TDOR
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Today marks 3 years since a shooter murdered 5 innocent clubgoers at Club Q in Colorado Springs, CO. Anti-LGBTQI+ violence is still all too common. We all must work to end it, including by calling out the kind of hateful rhetoric that inflames and inspires such cruel violence.
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As Ranking Member @RepMarkTakano said, "Our veterans have sworn an oath to risk life and limb to protect our nation. They are honorable and forthright, and they deserve whatever assistance they need post-service to live happy, healthy, productive lives."
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Veteran suicide prevention is personal for Ranking Member @RepMarkTakano. It's a part of his family history and motivation for the work he does in leading the committee.
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