Jacob J. Lew

I totally agree with you on the importance of the EITC as a bridge to work.

We need to reform our broken system to make it work, to end inversions, to end the push.

the basic reason that we support Trade Promotion Authority and good treaties is because we think it grows the U.S. economy and it grows the middle class jobs in this country.

The task before us now is to put political brinksmanship aside and find areas of compromise and common ground...

We have seen through experiments testing these policy theories and we saw in the 1990s that the tax policies that were put in place with the, you know, charges that it would destroy the economy had the opposite effect.

I think that it is a mistake to think that there is a simple solution.

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is a strong deal with phased relief only after Iran fulfills its commitments.

Until Iran has completed all of its obligations, we will not be relieving any of the United States sanctions, nor will the international sanctions be relieved.

Backed away from this deal to escalate the economic pressure and try to obtain a broader capitulation from Iran would be a mistake.

My highest priority is to restore confidence in the IRS.

We don't think there should be a broad review of Dodd-Frank.

I believe we have taken enormous steps to make our financial system more safe and more sound.