Jacob J. Lew: “This broken system fosters hunger and poverty. That, in turn, can lead to violence and political instability.”

I don't think Social Security and Medicare should be cut, you know, to take away from people what they need and what they have been promised.

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

I believe it is a crisis. I believe there is a need for action immediately on restructuring authority and on oversight.

I have been trying to deal with it as a crisis that we need to deal with on a bipartisan basis.