Our new home will dramatically increase the efficiency of our operations by consolidating our staff currently housed in three buildings into one facility.

we'll look at every department in this government in terms of efficiency, and there will be changes. We have to do that in order to do our first job, which is to keep taxes where they are.

We have been working for decades to improve transparency at the board level and have fought tirelessly to make our voice as shareholders heard. While we have made great strides in engaging companies directly on these issues, these bills lend a strong and consistent legal framework.

Our returns are obviously great news for our members and demonstrate in these times of national pension debate the extraordinary value created by professional investment management in public pension defined benefit plans. The ability to manage large assets, through an expert investment staff, in a highly cost efficient manner with broad diversification and managed risk creates results like these that surpass market benchmarks and produces in the end the financial security everyone deserves.

Realtors have been selling properties by telling investors they can't lose -- that their investments will be home runs. But the value of real estate can go up or down. If it goes down, you'll see speculators suing brokers. You'll also see lenders suing speculators as speculators walk away from their payments or fail to meet their closing costs.

We need efficiency at home if our country and its companies are to perform well on the international stage.