Jacob J. Lew: “So the only pathway to a stable future for Puerto Rico has to involve them restructuring their debt.”

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.

We need to support the people at the IRS so that they can run a tax system that is worthy of our country.

We have to invest in the short and medium term to get the kind of economy that gives people a chance.

We are seeing thousands of people leave Puerto Rico for the mainland, and they are American citizens.