Madeleine Bordallo: “So the 2 billion acres that you're referring to does exclude national parks and all of the military bases?”

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.

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…

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.