the minute you neglect maintenance, you are in trouble.

facility sustainment has taken the biggest hit in infrastructure and base support investments since sequestration became the law of the land.

Guam is anxiously awaiting the arrival of the marines from Okinawa. And, as the people of Guam say, you liberated us during World War II, so this will be a homecoming.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for arranging this hearing on our infrastructure and its effect on readiness.

had to make some difficult decisions to defer modernizing some of our training facilities to ensure that we could sustain the capabilities we have already fielded.

I do think we are ready to step it up and once and for all wipe out this barbarian group.

The entire world is on alert. The American people are on edge.

I really think that, you know, it is going beyond what we ever expected.

We have to step up or accelerate our strategies, with the assistance of our allies, of course.

I am an advocate for the Council management of our Nation's fisheries that take into account flexibility for local fisheries and local conditions.

We must reset our readiness that has been degraded by years of constant engagement and high operational tempo, and ensure a stable and a predictable funding stream is available for these programs.