Madeleine Bordallo: “I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to reinforce my strong support for H.R. 1171, and I urge the Committee…”

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 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.

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.

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…