Mr. Secretary, I strongly support the national strategy's intent to keep our forces forward deployed.

Actions speak louder than words, and we must ensure that the recommendations included in these reviews are promptly considered and acted upon.

Today I am proud to reintroduce my Compact Impact Relief Act with my colleagues from Hawaii and the Northern Marianas as original cosponsors. Our bill would provide relief to Guam and other States and territories required by the Federal…

I do look forward to discussing the challenges that are impeding amphibious training and the mitigations and long-term solutions to build and sustain readiness in the Marine Corps and the Navy.

It is clear that better coordination is required by the Navy and the Marine Corps to ensure this critical warfighting and skill is restored to a readiness level.

I certainly support eliminating the CR.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

I thank the gentleman for yielding and wish to engage the gentleman from Texas, the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, in a colloquy. Let me first start by thanking Chairman Thornberry, Ranking Member Smith, and the committee staff…

I thank the chairman very much and appreciate his great support and look forward to continuing to work with him on the implementation of this provision and to address future workforce needs on Guam in support of the military realignment.

Thank you for making the trip to Washington. We appreciate it.

I look forward to hearing about some of the problems that you face as an aviation community and hopefully an understanding on what the services are each doing and how Congress can support efforts to improve aviation readiness across the…

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

It is gonna take some time to dig out of the readiness hole that we are in.

I strongly support efforts to secure additional Federal resources for both Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Many, including our Nation's marine laboratories, have concerns about continued access to taxpayer-funded science under this Administration.

My bill will provide additional congressional direction and dedicated funding for NOAA's coral reef program.

I am indeed proud to introduce the LWCF Parity for Territories and D.C. Act, with the support of all six Members of the House representing our U.S. territories and the District of Columbia as original cosponsors. Mr. Speaker, this…

Last, I am pleased that this Committee and our Chairman have committed to do all that we can within our jurisdiction to help Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands as they rebuild from recent hurricanes.