Jacob J. Lew: “It's not a good thing for Americans for there to be a lot of countries in the world that are failing or failed states.”

The fiscal year 2017 President's budget puts forward the building blocks of a social compact for the 21st century and creates the conditions for sustained economic growth.

And, most important, TPA makes very clear Congress has the final say.

We have to invest in the short and medium term to get the kind of economy that gives people a chance.

I do not think that there is anything more important that we could have done to deal with poverty in this country.