I look forward to hearing how you believe it will be different this time.

I think it is fair to ask if the Army is, in fact, just creating more overhead that will further slow an already cumbersome process.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. And I hope you don't extract this from my 5 minutes, but there is a native of Guam in the audience today, and I am very proud of her.

Today I introduce the IDEA Parity for Outlying Areas Act, which would amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to better support students with disabilities in our smaller U.S. territories and the Freely Associated States…

I wish to thank Chairman Thornberry and commend Ranking Member Smith for their hard work in bringing this bill to the floor. It has been an honor to be a member of this bipartisan committee. I also want to recognize my chairman of the…

I am confident that there is bipartisan support among the Committee for offshore wind, which would improve self-reliance and lower electricity costs in the territories.

The system needs, as you said, overhauling. There is no question about it, whether you go to privatization, or whatever. And it should not be a monopoly.

The cost of electricity for Puerto Rico residents is nearly twice the national average, while at the same time their GDP per capita and median household income are just half that of the mainland United States.

I have no further speakers, and I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, the Lewis and Clark Expedition was literally one of the seminal events that produced this great Nation, spanning from coast to coast, and the…

I wish to mention that I have enjoyed working with Mr. McClintock of California on these Natural Resources bills. It was a joy to have bipartisanship. Mr. Speaker, I have no further speakers, and I yield back the balance of my time. Mr…

We should all be smiling when we say we support this bill--and that is no laughing matter. Mr. Chairman, I have no further speakers, and I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I would ask for adoption of the…

I have no additional speakers, and I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I would ask all of the Members to consider what plight their districts would be in, their counties would be in if 95 percent of the land…

This bill, authored by Representative Paul A. Gosar, authorizes the conveyance of approximately 8,800 acres of Bureau of Land Management land to La Paz County, Arizona, for the development of renewable energy. The BLM land has been…

I urge the support of this bill. I have no further speakers, and I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, these historic sites provide a tangible link between our generation and those who came before us and allow…

Today I rise to introduce the AMBER Alert Nationwide Act. I thank my colleagues from the other U.S. territories for their support as original cosponsors. In 2003, Congress passed the PROTECT Act, establishing the national AMBER Alert…

I have long stated that just as important as it is to provide our service members with new, modernized equipment, we must fully maintain the assets that we already have.

Without properly maintained ships, vehicles, aircraft, and weapon systems, our forces cannot perform necessary training required to build readiness or meet the operational requirements that are placed upon them.

If we are going to rebuild readiness, we need to ensure that the depot maintenance accounts are fully funded to meet the requirement.

I am concerned that in a year where readiness has been cited as the Department's top priority, the Department's budget request falls well short of meeting the total depot maintenance requirement for the Army and the Marine Corps.

I think that we all agree that when the American public thinks of the terms 'national defense,' they envision our proud service members stationed around the world and the equipment, the ships, the tanks, and aircraft, that we supply so…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. You always make my day.

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much. And, Mr. Chairman, I want to say thank you. This has been a very informative hearing.

There is no room in our current aviation readiness status to suffer personnel or material losses that should be avoidable.