Jacob J. Lew: “Now is the time to reform our housing finance system, and I want to encourage the Senate Banking Committee to continue…”

The earned income tax credit is one of the most effective programs we have had, both to reduce poverty and to get people.

The real goal is not to restructure the debt. The real goal is to get back to economic growth.

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

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.