Puerto Rico will be unable to make any fiscal plan work going forward without the Medicaid support that is called for in the Treasury proposal.

I think, speaks for itself in terms of what greed has caused in terms of us being able to find a solution to this.

These vulture funds are now aggressively campaigning against a solution to help the island relieve some of its debt.

We cannot see the logic behind lowering the minimum wage to $4.25 an hour for the very group of people we need to stay on the island.

The people of Puerto Rico deserve no less, and the effort on their behalf should be constant with the perspective that I think is needed in this discussion.

As Members of Congress, we have to decide tomorrow who comes first: vulture funds and others who steadfastly refuse to join other investors in good faith on a compromised solution or the American people in Puerto Rico.

Nothing could be further from the truth. This bill protects taxpayers by ensuring not one dime of taxpayer money is used to pay Puerto Rico's debt or otherwise bailout its government.

This legislation eliminates that risk by creating a strong, independent oversight board to ensure needed reforms are carried out.

The failure is due to internal bickering and the same Republican extremism that caused government shutdowns, a debt crisis, and the resignation of our previous Speaker.

Producing a detailed annual budget request for the entire Federal Government is an enormous task that requires serious work and political courage.

House Republicans have no budget of their own, and cannot seem to pass individual appropriation bills, but that does not stop them from having loud opinions about the Administration's proposals.

I am concerned about the National Park Service's deferred maintenance backlog.