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Mark Takano is a Democratic representative from California’s 39th Congressional District. His official House biography records earlier service as a classroom teacher and on the Riverside Community College District Board of Trustees before his 2012 election to Congress.
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Mark Takano is a Democratic representative from California’s 39th Congressional District. His official House biography records earlier service as a classroom teacher and on the Riverside Community College District Board of Trustees before his 2012 election to Congress.
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Open leadership record ↓Mark Takano is a Democratic representative from California’s 39th Congressional District. His official House biography records earlier service as a classroom teacher and on the Riverside Community College District Board of Trustees before his 2012 election to Congress.
Takano serves as ranking member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and as a member of the Education and Workforce Committee. His office also records that he previously chaired Veterans’ Affairs and authored the Honoring our PACT Act addressing toxic-exposure health care and benefits for veterans.
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