Madeleine Bordallo: “I see. So you don't have too much faith in this. Is that what I am hearing?”

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.

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

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.

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.