Jacob J. Lew: “If we do not have the resources to hire the enforcement officers that we need, the tax gap will only grow.”

I think there are other things that need to be part of a comprehensive plan in the long run, but there is an immediate crisis in Puerto Rico.

The earned income tax credit is one of the most effective programs we have had, both to reduce poverty and to get people.

We need to support the people at the IRS so that they can run a tax system that is worthy of our country.

The decision has never been made by the only people who can make the decision--that is the President of the United States on the advice of the Treasury Secretary--what to do.