mr. gregg began his civilian service at treasury's financial management service. during his tenure at treasury he served as the commissioner of treasury's financial management service and as the commissioner of the bureau of public debt. mr. gregg retired for the first time in june, 2006. and was asked to return to treasury in 2009 to serve as fiscal assistant secretary. mr. gregg retired again this month and in honor of his second retirement i wanted to highlight a couple of his noteworthy accomplishments. during his long tenure at treasury mr. gregg was well nope for his innovative thinking, ability to make hard decisions, and the desire to make government more efficient, more open, and very importantly, less costly. mr. gregg led the treasury into the 21st century by modernizing federal payment operations. he moved treasury from paper-based benefit payments toward the more sensible, reliable electronic payment systems. and boy, we should have done that a lot earlier. this is a really big dea

waters: this is a letter from mr. gregg lay, vice president of hanson engineering, i'll read this letter first from hanson engineering. hanson engineering company is one of many small businesses in the south bay area of los angeles, california that is dependent on boeing contracts to support the business. 90%, he reads, he says, of our contracts, support boeing aircraft, either directly or indirectly, but our prime aerospace countries throughout the -- companies throughout the world. my company staffs of moes who live -- 60 employees who live in the south bay and depend on the support of boeing for the well being of their families. without the re-authorization of ex-im bank it would be impossible for us to have a big impact on the health of our businesses. -- our businesses and its employees and their families. next, we have the letter from breck manufacturing. breck manufacturing company is a small business in california with 170 employees. we have a critical interest in sales of boeing commercial aircraft. the export-impo