Madeleine Bordallo: “The C-27J is critical in supporting ground forces to meet the last tactical mile requirements.”

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.

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.