Governor O’Malley spoke about the choices Maryland faces in 2012 during the 14th annual Legislative Luncheon. The Governor emphasized that we must choose to move forward by reelecting Barack Obama

In every heart there is a yearning to be recognized, to be seen, not to be looked through.

That’s what we built in the state in the last five years and that is what we are willing to do in the next three years; on health care, extending health care to 300,000 people that did not have it before, and actually increasing what we do in Maryland Food bank, rolling up our sleeves and fighting for every home as if it’s our own home, this is what it means to be a Marylander.

It’s about the dignity of every individual, the dignity that exist in every one of those Piscataway kids that gathered in the circle of our rotunda yesterday, the dignity that exists in every family in our state including families that are headed by gay parents.  The dignity that exists in the eyes of every American child of immigrant parents who want to develop their full skills, who want to able to go onto college, who want to pledge allegiance to a flag that they’re helping make better and stronger, with more jobs and more opportunities.

These things don’t happen by themselves, this is what we need to do, and yes a modern economy requires modern investments, and we are going to have to have our discussions and our disagreements on how best to move forward with that, but what there is no disagreement about is this, we will move forward, we will re-elect Barack Obama, we will make Maryland an even better and stronger state, and in so doing make our country better and stronger.