Jacob J. Lew: “The American people deserve to have an IRS with the resources so that, when you pick up the phone and call the IRS…”

If we do not have the resources to hire the enforcement officers that we need, the tax gap will only grow.

I have always thought that the sooner we could have a bipartisan conversation on dealing with Social Security, the better.

This agreement demonstrates that we have the capacity to find common ground on difficult issues and lays a foundation for addressing some of our long-term challenges.

So the only pathway to a stable future for Puerto Rico has to involve them restructuring their debt.