Jacob J. Lew: “I think that our fiscal policy reaching the kinds of deficit reduction that we proposed would help the economy.”

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

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.

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

I do not think that any of us should feel comfortable just watching more American businesses leave the United States.