Jacob J. Lew: “The fiscal year 2017 President's budget puts forward the building blocks of a social compact for the 21st century and…”

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

I mean, it is really an outrage when I look at these numbers, and I would like to know what the administration would propose to address this incredibly serious issue and really broken promises for folks who have worked hard all of their…

I totally agree with you, we should be able to put more resources into working on identifying the sources of the tax gap.

I have been trying to deal with it as a crisis that we need to deal with on a bipartisan basis.