Jacob J. Lew: “We don't need to have the overall tax rate on the wealthiest Americans go back down to the [inaudible] level.”

I think there are other things that need to be part of a comprehensive plan in the long run, but there is an immediate crisis in Puerto Rico.

We are seeing thousands of people leave Puerto Rico for the mainland, and they are American citizens.

I think right now, when you look at what our debt is, our deficit, annual deficit, is essentially interest on the debt.

The decision has never been made by the only people who can make the decision--that is the President of the United States on the advice of the Treasury Secretary--what to do.