When minimum wages go up, workers have more money. And when workers have more money, they buy things from the very companies that raised those wages.

It is about our opportunity. It is about how we build.

So you are saying that what was happening in New York had nothing to do with it, you were not trying to get in front of anything?

If the Iranians see that the sanctions cannot be lifted, then they will be only more firmly entrenched in pursuing nuclear weapons.

And the word 'atmospherics' means what in this context?

We have broad consensus in this country that we would prefer a negotiated solution in the Middle East.

Well, I hope we both agree that the only thing that Treasury would be doing appropriately would be trying to enforce the law and making sure that the banks are enforcing these sanctions and not worrying about the atmospherics around that.

I support strong sanctions because I think they are necessary to make this strategy work.

As a country, there is a broad consensus that we should keep all options open and on the table, but that a negotiated solution is far superior to war.

I support tough, strong sanctions because I think they are necessary to make the strategy work.

I think we have got some great ideas for how, if we make the right investments, we can get better outcomes at lower costs.

93 percent of traditional Medicare spending goes toward the care of beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions.