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TAKANO, Mark

TAKANO, Mark
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TAKANO, Mark
1960–

Office

Representative

State/Territory

California

Party

Democrat

Congress(es)

113th (2013–2015), 114th (2015–2017), 115th (2017–2019), 116th (2019–2021), 117th (2021–2023), 118th (2023–2025), 119th (2025–2027)

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Concise Biography

TAKANO, Mark, a Representative from California; born in Riverside, Riverside County, Calif., December 10, 1960; graduated from La Sierra High School, Riverside, Calif., 1979; A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1983; M.F.A., University of California, Riverside, Calif., 2010; teacher; member of the Riverside Community College district board of trustees, 1990-2012, president, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006; unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Third Congress in 1992 and One Hundred Fourth Congress in 1994; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Thirteenth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2013-present); chair, Committee on Veterans' Affairs (One Hundred Sixteenth and One Hundred Seventeenth Congresses).

View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

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Bibliography / Further Reading

"Mark Takano" in Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Congress, 1900-2017. Prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Administration by the Office of the Historian and the Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government Publishing Office, 2018.

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Committee Assignments & Leadership

Committee Assignments

Committee Name & Date Congresses Congresses
Education and the Workforce
[1997–2007; 2011–2019; 2023–2025]
105th through 109th Congresses; 112th Congress through 115th Congress; 118th Congress
(See also the following standing committees: Education and Labor; Education; Economic and Educational Opportunities; Labor)
113th (2013–2015) – 115th (2017–2019);
118th (2023–2025)
113th (2013–2015) –
115th (2017–2019);
118th (2023–2025)
Science, Space, and Technology
[1987–1995; 2011–Present]
100th through 103rd Congresses; 112th Congress–Present
(See also the following standing committees: Science and Astronautics; Science and Technology; Science)
113th (2013–2015) – 115th (2017–2019)
113th (2013–2015) –
115th (2017–2019)
Veterans' Affairs
[1947–Present]
80th Congress–Present
(See also the following standing committee: World War Veterans' Legislation)
113th (2013–2015) – 119th (2025–2027)
113th (2013–2015) –
119th (2025–2027)
Education and Labor
[1867–1883; 1947–1995; 2007–2011; 2019–2023]
40 through 47th Congresses; 80th through 103rd Congresses; 110th through 111th Congresses; 116th through 117th Congresses
(See also the following standing committees: Education; Labor; Economic and Educational Opportunities; Education and the Workforce)
116th (2019–2021) – 117th (2021–2023)
116th (2019–2021) –
117th (2021–2023)
Education and Workforce
[2025-Present]
119th Congress-Present
119th (2025–2027)
119th (2025–2027)

Committee & Subcommittee Chair

Committee Subcommittee Congresses Congresses
Veterans' Affairs Full Committee Chair
116th (2019–2021) – 117th (2021–2023)
116th (2019–2021) –
117th (2021–2023)
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Related Links

Related Links

Office of the Historian: history@mail.house.gov
Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk: art@mail.house.gov, archives@mail.house.gov