Madeleine Bordallo: “This is the first in the series of hearings that will dive into some level of detail about the readiness issues for each…”

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.

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.

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.