Tim Geithner: “We wanted to make sure we were focusing on those problems that were central causes of this crisis.”

I believe, as does the President, that there is no plausible way for us to address the many economic challenges facing the country, including our unsustainable fiscal deficits, without asking those most fortunate few to pay a modestly…

It would be better for the country for Congress to provide some certainty about how we are going to address these long-term fiscal problems.

the policies that Iran is pursuing are unacceptable--and until Iran's leadership agrees to abandon this dangerous course, we will continue to use tough and innovative means to impose severe economic and financial consequences on Iran's…

if Congress were to choose to try to defer everything... that would be very damaging to the interests of the country.