There are some rights that are so fundamental to our society that you'd think the public debate would be closed on them. The right of every American citizen to vote -- regardless of age, race, or income level -- is one of them.

It's a right that we have...

Over a decade after 9/11, many of our communities have become more prepared to deal with the threat of a terrorist attack or crisis situation like the Boston Marathon bombing last week. While the city of Boston and the state of Massachusetts, evidently, have improved their emergency response capacities, others...

While different states and cities might look to different strategies for protecting public safety, we all can agree on this: we lose too many American lives to gun violence.

As a City Councilman, Mayor and now a Governor, I've attended too many line of duty funerals. I've looked into the...

Progress is a choice. Job creation is a choice. Investing in cleaner, greener technologies that allow us to strike a more sustainable balance with the other living systems of this earth, this too, is a choice.

In Maryland, we are choosing to move forward with offshore wind because it...

Governors from across the nation -- and the political spectrum -- came together this past weekend, and there was one thing we all could agree on: Congress must take action to stop the arbitrary, job-killing cuts in the "sequester" before they take effect.

We also all agree that we...

With the recent attacks on Facebook and the New York Times, and now the accusations that the Chinese military is infiltrating companies in the United States to steal trade secrets and information related to our infrastructure, it's becoming clearer every day that cybersecurity is an urgent issue facing our country....

There are now only 12 days left for Congress to reach an agreement to avert the so-called "fiscal cliff," yet Republicans are still insisting on a plan that will harm our economy and risks our ability to compete in the 21st century.

Speaker Boehner's latest gambit...

I wanted to share this conversation I had with David Mixner following Maryland's historic defense of marriage equality at the ballot box.

EXCLUSIVE: Governor Martin O'Malley Speaks About Marriage Equality Victory In Maryland

A tired but jubilant Governor Martin O'Malley was basking in victory as he shared...

By Michael R. Bloomberg and Martin O'Malley

Marriage equality has never been approved at the ballot box anywhere in the country. But all that could change profoundly in less than two weeks in Maryland.

Marylanders will be heading to the polls to uphold Question 6, the Civil Marriage Protection Act,...

Today's Supreme Court decision will move us forward as a state and country. We're very pleased about the ruling and wanted to share our statement:

President Obama and Congress chose to pass the Affordable Care Act because the status quo was hurting our ability to create jobs, expand opportunity, and...

Under President Obama the private sector has now created jobs for 27 straight months. We've created more jobs in the last year than were created during the entire eight years of the Bush presidency, but the public sector has lagged, losing jobs in 16 of the last 18 months. These...

Acceptance Speech for the Arbor Day Foundation Vision Award
April 28, 2012
Nebraska City, Nebraska

Thank you all very much, not only for this very kind recognition of Maryland's environmental leadership and positive choices, but thank you also for the great work of the Arbor Day Foundation. Your...

Yesterday, joined and supported by business leaders and CEOs from across Maryland, I testified before the Maryland General Assembly on the need to invest in infrastructure today to create jobs and move forward with needed maintenance and repair projects rebuilding our roads, bridges and other transit systems.

Here's the full...

During the debate in Maryland's House, I joined same-sex marriage supporters outside of the chambers who were anxiously awaiting the vote. I met two moms and their 4-year-old son Will. After standing for hours, Will was tired and seemed a bit uninterested. I...

208 years ago today, the United States of America chose to make a modern investment that would literally shape our country.

On October 20, 1803, the United States Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase, just days before President Jefferson's treaty was set to expire. 24 Senators voted in favor.

This week, Moodys placed our country's AAA bond rating under review. We are now no longer weeks away from default, we are days. The threats are real, the consequences are great and the implications for our country's future financial health are frightening.

Over the past few...

President Obama cannot and should not agree to the false choices being disingenuously laid out by Congressional Republican pretenders.

We must pay our bills on time, and we must retire the Bush deficit over time. And we must do this with a balanced approach that allows us to create and...

We came into the 2011 legislative session laser-focused on balancing the state's budget, creating jobs, making our pension system more sustainable, and protecting our record investments in education.

And by working together, we've been able to make progress on all of those goals.

We closed a $1.4 billion budget...

As President Obama made clear in his State of the Union address, we can't just stand still to win the future. To compete in the global economy, we need to find solutions that are both pro-growth and progressive.

Too often in our nation's capitol, these two ideals...

As Governor, I hear the heartache of parents wondering whether they can afford essential medical care for themselves or their children. I watch rising health costs erode the competitiveness of innovative companies and small businesses. And I know that political posturing about the Affordable Care Act is not an approach...