Jacob J. Lew: “We need to take a long view, and it doesn't mean we put off until tomorrow beginning to take action.”

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

The budget also makes critical investments in our domestic and national security priorities while adhering to the bipartisan budget agreement signed into law last fall.

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

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.