Jacob J. Lew: “History shows that it is much harder to create an environment where we can have trust and conversations to work on a…”

We inherited what was an economy and a budget that was in complete meltdown.

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.

We can't just cut the things that we need to grow in order to reduce the deficit more in the short run.

If we do not have the resources to hire the enforcement officers that we need, the tax gap will only grow.