Madeleine Bordallo: “As the representative from Guam, I appreciate, Mr. Chairman, your calling the committee together.”

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

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