Full text of O'Malley's 2013 State of the State speech

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley delivered his 2013 State of the State speech Wednesday in the House of Delegates. Here is the prepared text of his speech.

Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, Distinguished Minority Leaders, Lieutenant Governor Brown, Treasurer Kopp, Governor Hughes, Governor Glendening, Attorney General Gansler, Attorney General Curran; colleagues in city and county government; Congressman Cummings, Congresswoman Edwards; Mayor Vincent Gray; Ambassador Darmanovic, Ambassador Schnepf, Ambassador Negodic, Ambassador Al-Rumaihi, Ambassador Kislyak; Members of the most effective cabinet in the United States of America; Katie O’Malley, men and women of the Maryland General Assembly.

There is more that unites us than divides us, and one of those things is the Baltimore Ravens!!!

All of us are familiar with the Ravens story, but there are also a number of remarkable people with us here today in the Gallery and I wanted to share a few of their stories with you now.
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