Jacob J. Lew: “I believe we can find common ground to stop the unnecessary standoffs and manufactured crises.”

I don't think Social Security and Medicare should be cut, you know, to take away from people what they need and what they have been promised.

We are seeing thousands of people leave Puerto Rico for the mainland, and they are American citizens.

Over the past 7 years under the President's leadership, we have seen a sustained economic recovery and an unprecedented decline in the Federal budget deficit.

I think right now, when you look at what our debt is, our deficit, annual deficit, is essentially interest on the debt.