What government is supposed to do is create an environment where the individual can thrive and communities can bloom.

If the solution--and I don't believe it is what we are discussing today--but if the solution is austerity, wage cuts, benefits cut, they will leave.

As a former constituent of Mr. Williams, I would say there was buy-in, and I would say he did a great job with the support of the local population.

I think Speaker Ryan is exactly right to emphasize that we need a plan, you need to act on legislation by the end of March.

Speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan

Now we face what is, I'm afraid, an extremely serious debt crisis.

I agree completely with Resident Commissioner Pierluisi on the issue of local democracy.

We applaud the efforts of Representatives Duffy and Pierluisi for introducing bankruptcy legislation.

If Congress passes bankruptcy protection with a control board, Congress should ensure that such a control board is co-chaired by appointments from the Federal Government and the government of Puerto Rico.

I thought this was a very insightful hearing, and I hope that we can move in a bipartisan way.

Well, if you are talking about encouraging people to work, absolutely.