Janet Yellen

I believe in a strong and equitable U.S. economy that delivers good jobs with rising wages for all Americans.

I feel this is a really critical area, both because of the pandemic and longer-term.

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

He would want to repeal parts of the 2017 tax cuts that benefited the highest-income Americans and large companies.

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

The largest corporations that have access to capital markets have not had trouble raising money.

The focus now is not on tax increases. It is on programs to help us through the pandemic.

Strategic competition with China is a defining feature of the 21st century.

We need a comprehensive strategy and a more systematic approach that actually addresses the full range of these issues.

It is very important to me that, as we work to solve the climate crisis and move toward a low-carbon future, we ensure that American families-- especially the most vulnerable-- share in the economic gains that can come from a clean energy…

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

China is America's most serious economic competitor.

We need to aggressively counter unfair practices that China uses.

I do believe that capital gains should at some point be taxed.

We need to invest in our infrastructure. We need to invest in R&D. We need to invest in training and workforce development.

I think we face a significant competition with China.

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

We must create an economy that works for everyone.

People worry about a K-shaped recovery, but well before COVID-19 infected a single American, we were living in a K-shaped economy, one where wealth built upon wealth, while working families fell farther and farther behind.

Neither the President-elect, nor I, propose this relief package without an appreciation for the country's debt burden.

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

The Biden administration will be willing to make use of the full array of tools to counter China's abusive practices.

I look forward to working with President-elect Biden and his team to build back better.

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

The President supports an enforcement mechanism that requires polluters to bear the full cost of the carbon pollution they are emitting.