Steven Mnuchin

"It would not be quick enough."

"When the former president says that the election in November was stolen, do you believe that was a lie?"

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Tuesday that $600 stimulus checks could begin arriving in people's bank accounts as soon as this evening. Mnuchin tweeted that payments may begin ...

"This is a very, very fast way of getting money into the economy."

"The abduction of Mr. Levinson in Iran is an outrageous example of the Iranian regime’s willingness to commit unjust acts."

"We obviously want to get people back to work."

"I look forward to achieving this bipartisan agreement so we can provide critical economic relief to American workers, families and businesses."

"I think we are getting very close."

"The president will sign the McConnell proposal that he put forward yesterday."

"These businesses cannot wait two or three months," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said during a hearing before the Senate Banking Committee, urging lawmakers to put as much as $300 billion ...

"I will be speaking to the Speaker this afternoon, we’re going to talk about where we are on the appropriations issue."

Congress itself has been deadlocked over how much more to do.

"It is my hope that... Congress will show similar trust in Treasury and Federal Reserve leadership in the future."

"At this fragile moment, as the COVID and economic crises are re-accelerating, we should be reinforcing the government’s ability to respond and support the economy - not undermining it."

In his letter to Powell, Mnuchin said that in the "unlikely event" that the lending programs are again needed, the Fed can request the Treasury to re-establish them with funding ...

"Because your letter to me inaccurately the status of our current negotiations, I feel obliged to publicly respond."

"I want to do it even bigger than the Democrats."

They plan to speak again on Tuesday.

Pelosi hopes that by the end of Tuesday there will be "clarity" on whether a coronavirus stimulus bill can be passed before the Nov. 3 elections.

"Because as you know, the devil and the angels are in the detail."