Jacob J. Lew: “I believe we have taken enormous steps to make our financial system more safe and more sound.”

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

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

Well, for me, it comes down to two things: promoting American trade and restoring American leadership.

We need to support the people at the IRS so that they can run a tax system that is worthy of our country.