It is imperative that Congress address the debt limit. If not, our current estimate is the treasury will likely exhaust its extraordinary measures by October 18th. At that point, we expect treasury would be left with very limited resources…

It makes one question when America might become the next Greece. When, in your view, when do we have to say enough is enough when it comes to our deficit and our debt?

And I would agree with that answer, and it is something we are working as hard as we possibly can to do, to get vaccination rates up, to deal with the pandemic.

I think there are threats to financial stability that have come from the growth of activity in the shadow banking sector.

If I am privileged to be confirmed, I would be committed to ensuring that the Treasury Department and the IRS administer tax laws in a fair and even-handed manner, keeping politics out of the process.

I take the issue of private taxpayer information extremely seriously and if I am privileged to be confirmed look forward to working with my Treasury colleagues to ensure that privacy and security issues are fully addressed.

cryptocurrencies can be used to finance terrorism, facilitate money laundering, and support malign activities that threaten U.S. national security interests.

I believe it would precipitate a financial crisis. It would threaten the jobs and savings of Americans.

Thanks to this Congress--and its passage of the American Rescue Plan--I believe we are well on our way toward that goal.

This is about paying the bills that are already due and owing.

I would plead with Congress simply to protect the full faith and credit of the United States by acting to raise or suspend the debt limit as soon as possible.