In your opinion, are we ready? Will we be ready? If not, what should we be doing?

Thank you for your leadership of this very important subcommittee.

We have become heavily reliant on the Navy and Air Force to provide individual augmentees to meet ground force requirements in CENTCOM.

I want to say good morning to Governor Tulafono. We go back a long ways.

I had no idea we were so closely connected, through Guam.

I am concerned that project proposals for Fiscal Year 2011, water and wastewater funding, have yet to be received.

I have invited about, over 100 Members of Congress to visit Guam.

I am certainly pleased to know that now there is a new company that is interested in setting up their operation there.

The military buildup on Guam will not be successful without improvements to our infrastructure.

I remain skeptical that the Department of Defense will be able to obtain the land necessary for this firing range.

My top legislative priority is the passage of H.R. 44 the Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act.