Jacob J. Lew: “My highest priority is to restore confidence in the IRS.”

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.

I don't think there is an urgent crisis. I don't think Americans should worry that their Social Security won't be there.

We inherited what was an economy and a budget that was in complete meltdown.

The fiscal year 2017 President's budget puts forward the building blocks of a social compact for the 21st century and creates the conditions for sustained economic growth.