Families and businesses are tightening their belts to make ends meet - and Washington should too.

Challenges of historic import threaten America's future. Action on the deficit, economy, energy, health care and much more is imperative, yet our legislative institutions fail to act. Congress must be reformed.

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What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or self-interest.

If I could create one job in the private sector by helping to grow a business, that would be one more than Congress has created in the last six months.

Mothers - especially single mothers - are heroic in their efforts to raise our nation's children, but men must also take responsibility for their children and recognize the impact they have on their families' well-being.

Of course, the genesis of a good portion of the gridlock in Congress does not reside in Congress itself. Ultimate reform will require each of us, as voters and Americans, to take a long look in the mirror, because in many ways, our representatives in Washington reflect the people who have sent them there.