Madeleine Bordallo: “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…”

I am concerned that in a year where readiness has been cited as the Department's top priority, the Department's budget request falls well short of meeting the total depot maintenance requirement for the Army and the Marine Corps.

Thank you very much.

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

We expect to have that completed before the end of the fiscal year.