Madeleine Bordallo: “Last year was a very challenging year for the Navy. And I am hopeful that 2018 will be much better in terms of improving…”

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

If we are going to rebuild readiness, we need to ensure that the depot maintenance accounts are fully funded to meet the requirement.

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…