Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. First, I would like to go on record to thank Secretary Mattis and General Dunford.

I will take a moment to express my appreciation to you and the Department of Defense for providing the security to the people of Guam from North Korea.

Yesterday I introduced a resolution with 21 of our colleagues from both sides of the aisle condemning the threats North Korea made against Guam last month--you can imagine the fear that we had during this period--but also reaffirming the…

On a separate topic, Mr. Speaker, I also want to echo my Democratic colleagues in calling for the House to quickly take up a permanent legislation solution such as the Dream Act, H.R. 3440, and lift the veil of anxiety that has been placed…

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman and Chairman Wittman, for agreeing to convene this timely hearing on the Navy readiness, particularly with regards to the 7th Fleet operations in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

Thank you very much.

The recent mishaps with the USS Fitzgerald and the USS John S. McCain resulted not only in significant damage to the vessels, but also the tragic, tragic loss of life of 17 American sailors.

I understand the protocol, you know, that the commander should do this. But I just wonder, are they doing it or are they just avoiding some of these things?

I feel that, you know, if maintenance and training and all of this is lacking, the commanders, the captains of these ships, should be, you know, letting everyone know about it, and certainly maybe we wouldn't be in this fix.

Well, thank you, Admiral. I think what I really would like to know, have these captains or commanders ever come to you with risks?

However, the Navy's proposal to grow to 355 ships would take decades to be realized, which means we have to make do with the size of the fleet that we have in the near term.

Well, definitely I've been concerned about this threat because we were threatened numerous times a few years ago.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for calling this important hearing on the recent GAO report on the DOD [Department of Defense] Excess Property Program, also known as the 1033 Program.

What kind of disciplinary action would you take? Are you releasing the people? Changing their positions, or what?

Letter addressed to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs from Representative Bordallo in support of the Subcommittee's Oversight Hearing on "Assessing Current Conditions and Challenges at the Lyndon B. Johnson…

I would first like to commend Chairman Thornberry, Ranking Member Smith, and the committee staff who have worked many long nights on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018. While there are very real questions about the…

I am concerned that you have eliminated $3 million in discretionary compact impact that helps to supplement the mandatory $30 million shared by the affected jurisdictions each year.

I am very concerned by the cuts being proposed to the Office of Insular Affairs, especially the decreases in technical assistance to the territories.