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.
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.
deficit half reducing team
We're very much part of the team of reducing the deficit in half by 2009.
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.
budget budgets priority top viability
Securing farmers' and ranchers' viability is always a top priority for the USDA. We'd need to find budget offsets.
measured overall reaction
I think overall there has been a very measured reaction to the announcement.
assessment continuing eu forward level near round successful
The assessment here is that the EU has not put forward anything near the level of ambitiousness or seriousness that having a successful round would necessitate. They are continuing to be protectionist,
analysis ask beef determine extensive follow gone guidelines partners products risk safe safely scientific trade trading
Just as we ask our trading partners to follow scientific guidelines for the safe trade of beef products, we do the same. We've gone through extensive risk analysis to determine how to safely trade beef products with Japan.
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.
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.
budget reflect
Our budget is reallocating earmarks to reflect our higher-priority needs.
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.
folks lost suitcase
We have some folks who have a suitcase with them, and they have lost their homes, and they are still working.
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.