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Madeleine Bordallo

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Madeleine Bordallo is a Democratic politician who served as the Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from Guam from 2003 to 2019. During her tenure, she focused on issues such as military affairs, education, and health care, advocating for the interests of Guam and its residents. Bordallo was the first woman to represent Guam in Congress, and she played a significant role in promoting the island's economic development and environmental protection initiatives. She was known for her commitment to improving the quality of life for the people of Guam and worked to secure federal funding for various local projects.

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Oct 9, 2013

If we could just vote on a clean continuing resolution [CR].

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Oct 9, 2013

Well, thank you very much, and thank you for your long service with the National Guard.

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Oct 1, 2013

Sequestration is detrimental to our military readiness and is completely unnecessary.

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Oct 1, 2013

Congress has the ability but not the desire to fix sequestration.

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Oct 1, 2013

It is the responsibility of Congress to ensure the Defense Department has the necessary resources.

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Oct 1, 2013

The government shutdown was completely avoidable.

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Oct 1, 2013

Our lease to utilize the transit center at Manas as part of the Northern Distribution Network is slated to end in 2014.

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Sep 17, 2013

I want to know that we will begin to see tangible actions that support our statements emphasizing our support in the region.

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Sep 17, 2013

How can we achieve greater transparency over service contract costs so that we can impose and actually enforce caps and cuts in service contract spending?

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Sep 17, 2013

I am concerned that our commitment may appear to be nothing more than rhetoric to our allies in the region.

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Sep 17, 2013

I know the Air Force has been challenged with modernization needs.

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Sep 17, 2013

Will your component take into account instances in which contractor personnel in the management headquarters workforce should be reduced because they are performing inappropriate functions?

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Sep 17, 2013

I supported an Andrews amendment to the FY14 NDAA at the House markup to extend a cap on service contracting by two additional years.

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Sep 17, 2013

In recent correspondence, House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Young expressed concern to Secretary Hagel that the Pentagon's planned cuts for headquarters were focused disproportionately on the civilians and the military…

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Sep 17, 2013

The OSD Organizational Review is intended to achieve a 20% cut in total headquarters budgets.

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Sep 17, 2013

As a co-chair of the House Long Range Strike Caucus, I want to know how you intend to protect funding for the NextGen bomber?

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Sep 17, 2013

Are non-civilian personnel involved in making recommendations for reductions in total headquarters budgets? If so, how have the inevitable conflicts of interests been addressed?

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Sep 17, 2013

Both the Congress and the Administration have identified instances in which contractor personnel are inappropriately performing functions that are inherently governmental.

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Sep 17, 2013

The Army's historic leadership on the inventory of contract services does the Army great credit.

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Sep 17, 2013

Are your component's answers to those questions regarding the size and cost of service contractors reliable, comprehensive, and well-informed?

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Sep 17, 2013

Will the Army continue to use BMM consistent with the commitments Secretary McHugh made in his correspondence?

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Sep 17, 2013

To what extent will your component generate savings in management headquarters workforce spending through insourcing, consistent with 10 USC 2463?

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Sep 17, 2013

When will that inventory be complete and how is it being used to inform the Pentagon's budget-cutting efforts?

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Sep 17, 2013

What assurance can you provide that the headquarters cuts and cuts generally undertaken by the Department will take into account contractors as well as civilians and military?

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