Madeleine Bordallo

The Navy did not live up to its commitment to appropriately decommission buildings before transferring Midway.

If Congress provided additional and sufficient funding specifically for the purpose of running a visitor program, would the Service resume visitor services at Midway?

Particularly as we focus our national strategic attention to the Asia-Pacific Region, we must not forget the past sacrifices made by so many to keep our country safe and free.

We owe not only a debt of gratitude, but also a significant measure of our freedom, to the brave sailors, the airmen, soldiers, and Marines who fought and died during the Battle of Midway.

The uniqueness of Midway Atoll makes adoption of different management strategies there appropriate and necessary.

I believe that ISIL could become a direct threat to the United States or our allies in Europe.

I applaud the President for his four-point strategy to defeat ISIL.

I am concerned that this bill does not quite get to the heart of the problem, which is research and preventative methods and strategies.

Invasive species has very serious and negative consequences on our environment and our ecosystem.

I think this is truly--I am embarrassed and I just think it is wrong. They were there; they fought with us, many of them died.

I thought we did--I was part of the legislation that gave benefits to the Filipino veterans.

I am disheartened and embarrassed by what I am learning today.

I am suggesting that we have to go through legislation again to renew this.

If we can't reach a final agreement in negotiations by July 20 . . . conditions will never go back to the past. The sanctions regime has been broken.

What predictive analysis and modeling processes have been the most effective at weapon systems optimization across the enterprise?

What percentage of depot maintenance requirement is funded in FY15?

What realignments are you proposing for depots or the organic industrial base to ensure efficiency of operations?

Under the FY15 budget proposal, does the Army fund core at each of its 5 primary maintenance depots? If not, where does it fall short?

In light of section 832 of the FY12 NDAA (Public Law 112-81), regarding the assessment, management, and control of O&S costs for major weapon systems.

In calculating core, the military services have increasingly placed an emphasis on minimum capabilities; however, the statute also requires efficient operations.

I think this indeed presents a grim picture.

What percentage of reset dollars do you expect to allocate to organic depots? How much of that workload is core?

How was the analytically based workforce-to-workload review conducted that was designed to preserve mission essential skills and capabilities that suggested the proposed reductions in depot maintenance personnel in the Army?

By what percentage does the Army plan to reduce its depot maintenance workforce in FY15? What is the risk?

By allowing sequestration to go into effect in 2013, Congress created the largest single challenge and risk to the readiness of our military in many, many decades.