Madeleine Bordallo: “This bill has my support, and I hope we can move it to the Floor quickly after this hearing today.”

I am concerned that the Army is standing up a four-star organization with up to three lieutenant generals as deputies without a clearly defined command relationship.

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.

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 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.