Jacob J. Lew: “The sense that Government is behaving in the way that a reasonable set of institutions should behave adds to confidence.”

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.

Over the past 7 years under the President's leadership, we have seen a sustained economic recovery and an unprecedented decline in the Federal budget deficit.

The American people deserve to have an IRS with the resources so that, when you pick up the phone and call the IRS, there is a person at the other end to answer it.

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