Jacob J. Lew: “I fundamentally agree with the point that we want the burden on small businesses to be easier and lower.”

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.

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

Well, for me, it comes down to two things: promoting American trade and restoring American leadership.