What is Mark Takano?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Mark Takano | image = Mark Takano 118th Congress.jpeg | alt = Official portrait, 2023 | office = Ranking Member of the [[United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs|House Veterans' Affairs Committee]] | term_start = January 3, 2023 | term_end = | predecessor = [[Mike Bost]] | successor = | term_label1 = Acting | term_start1 = July 8, 2016 | term_end1 = January 3, 2017 | predecessor1 = [[Corrine Brown]] | successor1 = [[Tim Walz]] | office2 = Chair of the [[United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs|House Veterans' Affairs Committee]] | term_start2 = January 3, 2019 | term_end2 = January 3, 2023 | predecessor2 = [[Phil Roe (politician)|Phil Roe]] | successor2 = [[Mike Bost]] |office3 = Member of the<br>[[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]]<br>from [[California]] | district3 = | term_start3 = January 3, 2013 | term_end3 = | predecessor3 = [[Jerry Lewis (California politician)|Jerry Lewis]] (Redistricting) | successor3 = | constituency3 = {{ushr|CA|41|41st district}} (2013–2023)<br>{{ushr|CA|39|39th district}} (2023–present) | birth_name = Mark Allan Takano | birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1960|12|10}}}} | birth_place = [[Riverside, California]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (before 1983)<br>[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] (1983–present) | education = [[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[University of California, Riverside|University of California,<br />Riverside]] ([[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]]) | website = {{URL|takano.house.gov|House website}} | module = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filenam