Janet Yellen

I think Treasury, along with the rest of the administration, needs to stay laser-focused on that.

President-elect Biden has proposed increasing the corporate tax and making American companies that offshore jobs, reducing those incentives.

We need to avoid that, for sure.

Unfortunately, I fear we have some very difficult months ahead before the vaccine has been widely enough disseminated.

We really need to devise effective ways to work on this and support affordable housing.

The availability of child care and paid leave greatly affects the ability of women to participate in the labor force.

I completely agree with you, Senator Portman, that the Treasury Secretary has to be a voice for fiscal sanity.

The United States does not seek a weaker currency to gain competitive advantage.

It is women who have suffered a disproportionate loss in jobs, who have a disproportionate burden of caring for children.

President-elect Biden has proposed raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour because right now we have millions of American workers who are putting their lives on the line to keep their communities functioning.

I promise you that I will be fully focused on putting into place, at every level, relief for these communities.

It would be a false economy to stint

I will work to implement the President-elect's promise to oppose any and all attempts by foreign countries to artificially manipulate currency values to gain an unfair advantage in trade.

Childhood poverty is way too high in America. And one of the best ways that we can reduce that is providing a refundable Child Tax Credit.

You have my pledge that I will work closely with you on these very important matters.

I too want to say that I both enjoyed my working relationship with you during my years at the Fed.

I will testify, if they ask, before any committee of Congress.

We need to preserve these programs, and certainly preserve the benefits, especially for lower-income Americans who depend on them.

The most important thing, in my view, that we can do today to put us on a path of fiscal sustainability is to defeat the pandemic

Climate change is a critical problem facing the country, and President-elect Biden is committed to a wide range of policies to address it.

We need to take on China's abusive, unfair, and illegal practices.

At the Fed, I became accustomed to the institution's dual mandate: to promote stable prices and maximum employment.

I pledge--I pledge to do that. Our finances need to be on a sustainable, long-run course.

It is very important that corporations and wealthy individuals pay their fair share.

Well, there is an advantage to funding the debt, especially when interest rates are very low, by issuing long-term debt.