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.

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.

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

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.

We are here to strengthen Disability Insurance. That is our mission.

We need to reboot our thinking here.

We want to work together. We want to come up with a bipartisan solution.

First, no 20 percent cut. Stop that from happening. Not going to happen.

make sure all the benefits are paid on time.

make the program work better.