Jacob J. Lew: “cutting spending and cutting our deficits requires us to put political differences aside, and working together.”

When we took office, the projections were the debt was going to grow to over 100 percent of GDP.

It is critically important for the peace of the world and the United States that Iran not get nuclear weapons.

We can't just cut the things that we need to grow in order to reduce the deficit more in the short run.

The immediate need is for Congress to pass legislation that will permit them to restructure their debt.