Jacob J. Lew: “I think the net benefit will be a stronger economy that helps even the people who are paying a price.”

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

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.

If the intellectual content and the innovation is in the United States, there is a substantial tax due in the United States when that money comes home.

I think the fee makes sense for two reasons: first, it does reflect the costs associated with fossil fuel use.