Jacob J. Lew: “I have said on many occasions that I do not believe that trade agreements are an appropriate place for us to dilute the…”

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

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

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

And, most important, TPA makes very clear Congress has the final say.