The situation in Puerto Rico compels action, and I am very glad we are finally here today to discuss it.

I go on record in full support of solving the Puerto Rico financial crisis and, of course, the inclusion of the other territories in this legislation.

the intent to move marines to Guam remains as strong as ever.

I would like to remind my colleagues that my home is next door to North Korea, when we talk about distances.

Is the current range and air space infrastructure sufficient to meet the training needs of the Air Force? If not, what aircraft are most affected by range and air space limitations?

There are several communities within in the Air Force that have deploy-to-dwell rates below the Secretary of Defense's goal of 1:2, and some stressed career fields have rates of 1:1.

How, specifically, is your current budget request balancing the short-term requirement to repair or rebuild equipment with longer-term efforts to replace that same equipment with next-generation equipment?

If the current operational tempo were to increase, what would be the effect on readiness?

Are any additional training resources, such as adversary air for training purposes, required to support fifth generation or legacy aircraft?

In instances where the Air Force has been unable to execute its flying hour program, what factors contributed to under-execution of the program?

The Air Force is facing a modernization bubble with several major projects competing for budget space.