Congresswoman, that's an excellent question, and I think that's exactly what we need to take a look at right now.

We are going to have your back, and we are going to make sure that the truth gets out there.

I thank Ranking Member Waters for yielding. I rise in support of H.R. 3700, as amended by Ranking Member Waters. This is what you call regular order, folks. This bill came out of committee with a significant flaw that would have had a very…

Congress has considered withdrawing or withholding military aid to countries who we believe are not being our partner.

They are scoring an F on their scorecard.

Simply put, when the CIOs fail to bring high management and ethical standards to their work, institutions suffer.

You are making a fundamental and total mistake. You are misusing American taxpayer dollars.

Thank you for your good work. We wouldn't know about this without those good people doing tough, difficult work.

Every single score is going down. Every single one of those is negative.

And, Mr. King, you are enabling this. You are the decision-maker. You have been given this mantle of trust from the President of the United States and you are failing. And it has got to quit.

You are laughing at the American taxpayer. I don't know who that guy works for. I am telling you, don't just sit there and laugh at us.

That makes absolutely no sense.

We don't have time to play these kind of games.

We make clear that not only do we need ethical conduct, but we can't even have the appearance of any impropriety.

Before you try to come up with all sorts of clever and convoluted ways to respond to the crisis in Puerto Rico, you should simply extend to the territory those Federal programs and policies that have already proven effective in the states…

the problems that the island confronts today would not exist, or at least would not exist in such severe form.

it is imperative to create a long-term fiscal and economic authority to address holistically and comprehensively all of Puerto Rico's issues

Very soon, this committee, with Pierluisi's assistance, is going to be drafting legislation that is going to address the situation in Puerto Rico.