Ed Loyd
Ed Loyd
benefits dollar few good hours offices open people question serving
Are we really serving people when we have some offices that are only open a few hours a day, or that don't have full-time employees? That's a good question to ask, when we have offices where it's costing us $2 for every dollar of benefits that we're delivering.
friendly japan process rather relationship resolve
We have a very friendly relationship with Japan and we've wanted to resolve this through the negotiation process rather than retaliation.
appreciate center critical dallas enable ensure federal finance government handle hard homes hurricane impressed knowing national next payroll processing ready single truly worked workers
Clearly, the processing of payroll for our federal workers is critical to enable government workers to do their jobs. And we're very impressed with what the National Finance Center workers accomplished. Before the hurricane struck, they worked hard to ensure that the next payroll was ready to go. And then many of them, with just a single suitcase, knowing that their homes had been destroyed, went to work in Philadelphia and Dallas to handle the payroll. We appreciate their commitment. It was truly remarkable.
couple elsewhere finance operate prepared process running
It's going to be a long process to get (the finance center) back up and running again. We are prepared to operate elsewhere for the first couple of months.
approach common ground move process proposals talking trade trying
They're going to be talking about the U.S.-EU approach and proposals in the World Trade Organization. We're trying to find a lot of common ground so we can move the process forward,
notice prior
All of this was done without any prior notice or consultation.
continue eligible ensure farm integrity loans programs strengthen
The integrity of these programs is very important to us. And we will continue to strengthen the safeguards we have to ensure that these farm loans are made only to those eligible to participate in the farm loan programs.
believe consumers food hope isolated issue taiwan understand
We believe this is an isolated incident. We hope Taiwan consumers can understand that there is not an issue of food safety.