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In Maryland, we consider ourselves pro-growth Americans.

The Offshore Wind Energy Act could be not only a jobs creator, but also a history maker.

Romney economics would spell disaster for America's middle class. In this economy there are shipbuilders and ship wreckers.

Senator Mikulski has done an outstanding job representing Maryland in the U.S. Senate for nearly 30 years.

I've been an executive and a progressive executive with a record of accomplishments.

I go to the gym pretty regularly.

The attitude in Baltimore in 1999 was almost one of resignation, that our problems were bigger than our capacity to handle them.

I can tell you my feelings were hurt,

Maryland is home to one of the world's most highly skilled, highly educated workforces.

I think we need an American jobs agenda for the climate challenge which means American renewable grid, more renewable energy.

I did not dedicate my life to making Baltimore a safer and more just place because it was easy.

But we should not lose sight of how far we are coming and what a big hole we were left by George W. Bush.

I think former President Clinton and even Newt Gingrich have said it was a mistake to repeal Glass Steagall.

Progress is a choice. Job creation is a choice. Whether we give our children a future of more or a future of less - this, too, is a choice.

Together with President Obama, we are moving America forward, not back.

The Clintons are very close with everybody on the Democratic side.

A stronger middle class is not the consequence of economic growth. A stronger middle class is the cause of economic growth.

History is full of times when the inevitable front-runner is inevitable right up until he or she is no longer inevitable.

There is not a country on earth that could get its fiscal house in order by shrinking opportunity and depressing growth.

There is no legislative change that can be made to make up for an economy that's not growing and not expanding.

Democrats haven't been functioning effectively as a party at the national level.

I didn't run for mayor because everything was going great in Baltimore in 1999.

Secretary Clinton is perfectly capable of defending her own service in office.

Twenty-first century buildings support a 21st century education - because it is difficult to learn or to teach if you are shivering.

I'm not opposed to free trade if it's fair trade. But I am opposed to bad trade deals.

Extreme poverty is extremely dangerous.

There are times in Annapolis when a governor's support can move an issue over the goal line.

The march of progress must continue.

If any mayor reduced school funding by 33 percent and called it the 'Strengthening Our Schools Initiative,' I think they'd be excoriated.

Climate change is transforming the world in profound ways that continue to evolve.

No woman who works full time and plays by the rules should have to raise her family in poverty.

There is no greater ladder into the middle class than education.

I'm not for the sort of trade deals that hollow out our standards while they hollow out our middle class and middle class wages.

The Center for American Progress rates Maryland as the best state in the nation for women. I couldn't agree more.

There is no reason that billionaires should crowd us out from our democracy.

I think the best campaigns are campaigns of ideas and substance.

To create jobs, a modern economy requires modern investments.

We can't expect Wall Street to police itself - that's why we have a federal government.

Our politics has been greatly impacted, for the worse, by big money and the concentration of big money.

The most fearless hearts, the audacious dreamers, have always maintained a sense of optimism that often flies in the face of the available evidence.

I believe that the best way to campaign is one-on-one with people.

None of us wants to pay more at the pump.

The death penalty is ineffective as a deterrent, and the appeals process is expensive and cruel to the surviving family members.

Maryland schools succeed because we have never stopped investing in our students and doing the things that work.

It's time to put the national interest before the interests of Wall Street.

His problem, is that the other side of Lindsey Graham is that he's known as sort of, I don't know, a moderate, an accommodationist.

Public trust is essential to public safety.

Triangulation is not a strategy that will move America forward,

Busy souls have no time to be busybodies.

Progress is a choice.

God is simply love.

I think we can all agree that every child's home deserves to be protected equally under the law, that there is dignity in every child's home.

Who can sit back as our towns and cities are torn apart by violence and be content with the status quo?

I think that the S.E.C. has been pretty feckless when it comes to reigning in reckless behavior on Wall Street.

We haven't had an agenda for American cities probably since at least Jimmy Carter. We have left cities to fend for themselves.

We do need to confront evil in this world, but we do need to work with the other nation.

We need to focus on destroying ISIL, but we shouldn't be the ones declaring that [Bashir] Assad must go.

Civil rights was not an impossible dream. Thousands of brave African Americans stepped forward to make it happen.

The Republicans have kind of painted themselves into a kind of a real demographic corner, if you will.

I believe marriage is a human right, not a state right.

If we want better results, we have to make better choices.

The way forward is always found through greater respect for the equal rights of all.

You can't forge a new sort of consensus, you can't forge public opinion, by following public opinion.

Roads do not upgrade or maintain themselves. Bridges do not repair themselves or rebuild themselves.

Leadership is about making the right decision and the best decision before, sometimes, it becomes entirely popular.

Reversing deforestation is complicated; planting a tree is simple.

People are looking for a leader independent of powerful, wealthy special interests that always push to the front of the line.

Oh, you know what, it's an honor to be mentioned in the company of those that might lead our country forward after President Obama.

We have not recovered all that we lost in the Bush recession. That's why we need to continue to move forward.

If a bank's too big so that it can't fail without hurting our economy, well then, it's too big.

The right to vote gives every eligible American a voice in our electoral politics. There's too much at stake to stay silent as this right is eroded.

Making government more efficient and more effective need not be a partisan issue.

Our story, Maryland's story, is the story of better choices and better results.

We make our own future; we govern ourselves, and to govern is to choose.

We have to raise the minimum wage.

The presidency of the United States is not some crown to be passed between two families.

Typically, I don't get to unwind after a day at work.

Protecting our land, our air and our water is a very important thing that we can only do together.

If workers have less money in their pockets to put food on the table, they will be spending less money; your economy will suffer.

I like Iowa. I know Iowa. I've spent some time in Iowa. Good people in Iowa. It's a great state.

We do ourselves a disservice when some of us cave to the myth that Social Security somehow drives the deficit.

I have 15 years of executive experience as a big-city mayor and as a governor.

Leaders exhibit two essential characteristics, the willingness to confront adversity and a clearly articulated future preference.

God doesn't make mistakes and has made each of us in his own image. God is simply love. There should be no fear in love.

People's trust in their public institutions depends on their government getting results.

In 2013, Maryland had the second highest job creation rate of any state in the Mid Atlantic region - faster than both Pennsylvania and Virginia.

Every child should be given a strong start to their education.

Between 1999 and 2009, the people of Baltimore achieved the greatest reduction in crime of America's largest cities.

Some people see Baltimore as a hopeless place. Some have even made a lot of money on it.