Scott Bessent is staking out a leadership role for the Treasury Department in the Trump administration’s deregulatory campaign. In a speech to The Economic Club of New York Thursday, the Treasury Secr

The following is the transcript of an interview with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday offered a full-throated defense of the White House's position on tariffs, insisting that, "Access to cheap goods is not the essence of the American dream." In a speech delivered to a crowd of leading economists,