Madeleine Bordallo: “I respectfully request and appeal to the Committee to include in its proposed budget resolution for Fiscal Year 2010…”

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.

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

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. You always make my day.

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.