Madeleine Bordallo

We should remember the thousands of Americans paid the ultimate sacrifice to free Palau from Japanese rule.

I believe this article and map highlight the importance of why we need to pass the Compact renewal with Palau.

If we really want to get to the bottom of something like this, we have got to go to the top.

I suggest, if we really want to get to the bottom of this, that we have another...

Well, as a member of the Committee, I am suggesting that we ask him to appear.

To what extent has congressional ambiguity, and in some cases inaction, potentially emboldened forces that are opposed to a continuing Marine presence in Okinawa?

I do feel that, you know, we have to work together, but I don't think it should have taken this long.

I want to add, too, that I join the chairman in requesting a time line. We just haven't had anything.

I just want to know if you could answer, how can this problem be mitigated with our renewed focus on the Asia-Pacific area, the discord between OSD and PACOM?

I have remained concerned that the Department is not speaking with one voice or executing major programs in the Pacific with a coordinated focus.

If we are not willing to invest ourselves in some of these new facilities, it is going to be a hard case for us to make to allies and partners that they should do it or that we are committed to our Asia-Pacific strategy.

U.S. engagement in this region of the world is so important to our country's economic and political security.

Work performed by civilian employees is already being illegally directly converted to contractor performance because of the arbitrary caps the Department has imposed on the civilian workforce.

The Army testified at a March 29 HSGAC subcommittee hearing that the civilian workforce cap has the unintended consequence of limiting the flexibility of the Army in managing its workforce.

In which functional areas has the Department added personnel since FY09, broken down by numbers of positions and by years, and why are these increases necessary?

In order to make more strategic decisions about the right workforce mix of military, civilian, and contractor personnel, and to better align resource needs through the budget process to achieve that mix, DOD needs adequate information on…

How is the Senate's proposed arbitrary cut in funding for civilian personnel different from the sequestration that would result from the Budget Control Act? Aren't both arbitrary cuts in funding that would mindlessly eliminate defense…

What are the risks associated with both the Senate's proposed arbitrary cuts to the civilian workforce and the cuts that would be imposed on thousands of DOD civilians by sequestration?

DOD's civilian workforce downsizing efforts in the 1990s were not oriented toward shaping the makeup of the workforce, which resulted in significant imbalances in terms of shape, skills, and retirement eligibility of its workforce.

What process did the Department undertake to determine the extent to which military end-strength should be reduced?

Why has it taken so long for the Department of Defense to develop its Strategic Workforce Plan?

As we have seen in the past, across-the-board, arbitrary cuts of thousands of civilian employees could have an adverse effect on essential programs if the Department does not take a strategic view of ensuring that those employees with the…

The Department of Defense civilian personnel workforce provides a critical support to our warfighters.

I am concerned that the current plan uses data from 2010 and may not provide DOD with the right type of requirements-based gap analysis.

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 directed the Department of Defense to take a more holistic approach to its manpower requirements.