Jacob J. Lew: “I do not think we can keep playing with this. I think we have to attack these problems.”

The real goal is not to restructure the debt. The real goal is to get back to economic growth.

The budget also makes critical investments in our domestic and national security priorities while adhering to the bipartisan budget agreement signed into law last fall.

The American people deserve to have an IRS with the resources so that, when you pick up the phone and call the IRS, there is a person at the other end to answer it.

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