A Balanced and Responsible Plan

We wanted to share this statement from Governor O'Malley on President Obama's plan to rebuild America with smart investments that create and saves jobs.

"The President has put forth a balanced and responsible plan to reduce the deficit and accelerate our nation's jobs recovery. President Obama is right to focus on the smart decisions and smart investments-in education, innovation, and infrastructure-that we know will create jobs and opportunity now. And unlike the proposals put forth by Congressional Republicans, President Obama's plan asks Americans of all income levels to contribute their fair share to reducing the deficit.

I look forward to working with the President, Congress, and governors of both parties to identify ways that we can reform Medicaid. I am confident that we can find commonsense solutions to reduce costs and improve patient outcomes without dropping health care coverage for our most vulnerable citizens or shifting costs to individuals and the states.

“I join the President in urging Congressional Republicans to put aside partisan politics and to focus on creating jobs and opportunity now for our families.”

Click here to learn more about the nearly 19,000 jobs that the plan will create for Maryland.