The severity of the fiscal crisis in Puerto Rico has led many in the U.S to see PROMESA as the only viable way forward for the commonwealth. In an article in the NY Daily News, US Treasury secretary Jacob Lew writes that there is no viable alternative to the bill, and that it is imperative it gets passed. House speaker Paul Ryan is leading the efforts to get the bill through Congress, citing the potential chaos in the American bond market that could result from the territory not fulfilling its obligations. The bill has accumulated conservative support from the likes of columnist George Will and Robert J. McClure of the James Madison Institute alongside other Republican voices. Former Republican state senator from Utah Dan Lijenquist called Governor Garcia Padilla’s budget proposal for the 2017 fiscal year and his cuts in planned 2017 bond payments “despicable and predictable.” In his view, the bill would reestablish the rights of the creditors through its control board. Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, and Tom Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste share a similar opinion. They view PROMESA as the only way to avoid a taxpayer bailout of Puerto Rico and laud the debt restructuring board. However, Norquist and Schatz lament the lost opportunity to include pro-growth tax reform in the legislative package.