Jacob Lew
Jacob Lew
Jacob Joseph "Jack" Lewis an American government administrator and attorney who is the 76th and current United States Secretary of the Treasury, serving since February 28, 2013. He served as the 26th White House Chief of Staff from 2012 to 2013. Lew previously served as Director of the Office of Management and Budget in the Clinton and Obama Administrations, and is a member of the Democratic Party...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth29 August 1955
CountryUnited States of America
I think it's very important not to confuse the importance of dealing with Social Security in the long term with these short-term deficit reduction challenges. They're different issues.
I think the thing that the American people want is for the divisive debate on health care to stop.
Social Security is something that we need to deal with, because people who are working today, who will retire in the future, people who are retired today, they have a right - and it's part of the compact that they can depend on their benefits. We should fix the long-term funding problem of Social Security because that's the right thing to do.
In the budget, the president will call for a five-year freeze on discretionary spending other than for national security. This will reduce the deficit by more than $400 billion over the next decade and bring this category of spending to the lowest share of our economy since Dwight Eisenhower was president.
I can't speak to the differences within the Catholic Church.
Most Americans want health insurance.
Europe is trying to get its fiscal house in order.
Every president since George Washington has taken executive privilege seriously. Every Republican president has.
The challenge for any government is how do you do two things at the same time. How do you put money forward for things like the payroll tax holiday, for things like getting a jump-start on infrastructure, for building schools, and make the decisions for long-term deficit reduction.
Historically, the responsibility for voting on the debt limit has gone to the party in the majority.
I think that for the next short period of time, our No. 1 priority is Congress needs to do its work and extend the payroll tax cut.
I think there is a shared sense of urgency in Washington on fiscal issues.
The issue of providing women all forms of preventative health care has been and remains very important. The, the importance of protecting religious liberties in this country has been important to the president and will always be.
If you don't define the problem you'll never reach a painful solution.