and i'm going to also ask cathy martine from at&t to come up and say a few words to you. cathy is the executive vice president for small business solutions and alternate channels at at&t, but she leads a $13 billion business which is responsible for the sale of at&t services to small business owners. so if any of you need some help, cathy is here. and she and at&t are really long-time sponsors of national small business week. i really want to thank them so much for their support. welcome cathy up to say a few words and my co-panelists for the rest of the town hall up to join me here. [ applause ] >> thank you, administrator mills, and good morning, everyone. it's such a pleasure to be here. i'm always inspired by administrator mills' comments and stories about all of you. you truly are the american dream and you are fueling the american economy. like karen, small business week really is the highlight of my year. i do a lot of public speaking, but nothing makes it as enjoyable as being with all of you because you represent what america stands for in terms of entrepreneurial

i'm going to ask cathy martine from at&t to come up and say a few words to you. kathy is the executive vice president for small business solutions an alternate channels &t.t she leads a $13 billion business. many of you need help, cathy is here. she and at&t are longtime sponsors of national small business week. i want to thank them so much for their support. to say ang cathy up few words and the rest of the panel up to join me here. >> thank you and good morning. it is such a pleasure to be here. i am always inspired by her comments and stories. you are the american dream. small business week is the highlight of my year. i do a lot public speaking. you represent what america stands for. some of those statistics that we heard about -- a couple of challenges in 2008. many of you live that. it is exciting to be here. you have to see opportunity when opportunity may not be there. anyone who is committed to sustaining the american dream must insure that all of us has to support small businesses as best we can. we've turned our focus on a couple of key areas. first, c