Jacob J. Lew: “Cutting spending and cutting our deficits requires us to put political differences aside, and working together.”

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

This agreement demonstrates that we have the capacity to find common ground on difficult issues and lays a foundation for addressing some of our long-term challenges.

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.