Janet Yellen

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

Winning the economic competition with China requires us to make transformative investments at home.

Yes, I commit to that.

But more must be done.

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

I am committed to leveraging the full powers and authorities of the Treasury Department to address issues of inequality as well as diversity, equity and inclusion.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

It will be my core focus, if I am confirmed as Treasury Secretary, to focus on the needs of America's workers.

This is one of the most critical issues facing our country and the world.

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

In the long run, I believe the benefits will far outweigh the costs, especially if we care about helping people who have been struggling for a very long time.

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

I think it is guilty of horrendous human rights abuses, yes.

Nothing is more important to the future of housing in the United States than what we do with Fannie and Freddie.

I think in this economy, everyone needs access to a workplace retirement saving plan.

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

We have to rebuild our economy so that it creates more prosperity for more people and ensures that American workers can compete in an increasingly competitive global economy.

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.