This new budget clearly shows Bush's lack of commitment to the businesses where most Americans work. I expect it to have a significant negative impact on legitimately small, women-owned and minority-owned businesses.

We are proud of the commitment partners like Puget Sound Energy have made to helping Americans save energy. The Partner of the Year award recognizes partners whose efforts to promote energy-efficient products are exceptional. They have been instrumental in putting more than 2 billion ENERGY STAR qualified products into American households over the last decade.

By nearly a 3-to-1 margin Americans overwhelmingly support the USF and Congress' continued commitment to keep all Americans connected. This support speaks volumes for the positive things that the USF program has done and all that it can continue to do to keep Americans connected.

BC has maintained its commitment to making life less painful for hardworking Americans. During Black History Month, BC is honored to recognize American heroes such as Carver, Morgan and Walker who are a not only a direct reflection of that commitment, but also helped to build our country into what it is today.

Cornell makes a commitment to meet 100 percent of each accepted student's monetary needs. They even had an early decision scholarship that Nathan qualified for. We are actually going to pay less for Nathan to go to Cornell than for our daughter who is going to Quinnipiac.

I'm concerned that they might try to do that. Who [Bush] picks to replace Barreto will tell us what direction they're going to try to take it. They may try to hire somebody to straighten it all out because of the bad approval ratings.