Ed Loyd
Ed Loyd
measured overall reaction
I think overall there has been a very measured reaction to the announcement.
japan number painfully positive small steps taken
Japan has taken a number of positive steps, but they've been small tentative steps and they've been painfully slow.
budget reflect
Our budget is reallocating earmarks to reflect our higher-priority needs.
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.
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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.
confident disease food herd safety testing
Testing is not a food safety tool. We are very confident the prevalence of the disease in our herd is very low.
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.
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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.
achieve certainly coming discussing objective positive result time urgency
We all sense the urgency of coming to a positive result by the time we get to Hong Kong, and certainly that's what the two will be discussing -- how we can achieve that. We all want this objective here.
bone certainly food fragments pose recognize safety tolerance
We certainly recognize that there does need to be an established tolerance for bone fragments that do not pose a food safety concern.
certainly further information informed keeping relay share situation test trading
We're certainly keeping them informed of the situation and will relay all the information we have. When we have further test results, we will share that with our trading partners.
deficit half reducing team
We're very much part of the team of reducing the deficit in half by 2009.
additional guidance rule whether
We don't know whether there is need for additional rule making or for guidance to the industry.