Budget reform is the gateway challenge that must be met before we can actually get back to fiscal responsibility.

The promise of education reform can never be fulfilled without adequate funding, and by shortchanging our schools, President Bush is breaking his promise to our children.

Global warming is not a conqueror to kneel before - but a challenge to rise to. A challenge we must rise to.

As policymakers - and as parents - we have a responsibility to examine the effects of media on our children, a responsibility this legislation can better enable us to fulfill. No one is looking out, in a systematic way, for cumulative impact of today's newer electronic media on our children.

Responsibility means living up to our government's constitutional obligation to provide for the common defense and insure domestic tranquility.

The market has already made progress in many areas of the reform program. The challenge now is to build on this momentum and deliver the real changes needed to reform the market. This will not only ensure that we meet the FSA contract certainty deadline, but will also enable market firms to realize the huge process and service benefits of a modern, efficient market.