Madeleine Bordallo

So what is each of your military departments doing to reduce contracted services and work requirements, instead of just reducing dollars?

Why would Congress consider any potential changes to recruiting and retention incentives such as military retirement and health care, or reductions to essential training accounts, when the military departments can't identify the cost of…

I said I did not understand the rationale for the reductions in force at Facilities Command Pacific, or the deactivation of the two Seabee battalions.

Well, and we haven't done this when a war is going on as our chairman mentioned.

So what you are saying, Admiral, is that the reviews are not completely finished; is that correct?

Without a strategic plan in place, why are we proceeding with arbitrary cuts? Why not wait until such a plan is developed?

So I am asking to what extent are each of the Services involved with OSD [Office of the Secretary of Defense] in developing this review, what are some of the key tenets of this review?

How can the Department consider 'breaking faith' with the troops and propose drastic reforms to retirement and benefits...

P.L. 110-229 expressly intended to include visitors from countries of 'significant economic benefit' to the CNMI in the Guam-CNMI VWP.

I believe this is unwise, given the current threat environment in the Asia Pacific region.

I fear this comment is in direct contravention of our country's agreement with Japan which was reaffirmed in June of this year.

We are concerned about what is the future of funding for homeland defense, homeland security.

I am concerned that the Department of Defense does not accurately account for homeland defense requirements.

We must always have a ready, a reliable and an accessible Reserve Component.

I fear we take significant risk in the readiness of our National Guard and Reserve.

How will we meet this equipment requirement in a difficult budget environment?

I also remain seriously concerned about aviation assets to our National Guard.

You have my full support--the Air Guard, the Army Guard and the Reserves.

In your remarks, you mentioned the dangers of drawing back our range of influence and power around the world.

What will DOD do to improve support and services to survivors of suicide (for the Total Force) among unit members and next of kin?

I would like to correct the previous speaker. There are 435 voting Members of Congress, but there are 441 Members of the United States House of Representatives. Although I represent a territory and I am not allowed to vote, I do make…

It is paramount to our national security to continue to have unimpeded access to the Pacific theater and to have better intelligence in this AOR.

I am concerned that there is an over-focus of those assets in the CENTCOM AOR to the detriment of other AOR's like the Pacific.

The Department of Defense has become overly dependent on the use of services contractors.

What are each of the services top 3 unfunded requirements associated with ensuring a ready force, both in the near-term and in the out-years?