served two terms before leaving office in january. prior to that, he was mayor for eight years. this is 25 minutes. ♪ governor o'malley: my goodness. we have something to share with you. i want to talk with you today about the american dream, about the dream we share.

is powerful history, its current condition, and it's urgent need of rebuilding. our nation was founded on two self evident truths, that all of us are created equal and that we are endowed by our creator with certain rights to live, to liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. and with these words, the american dream began. no fine print, no expiration date. all of us are included. women and men, lack people and white people. native americans irish-americans, asian americans, jewish, christian and muslim americans, young and old, rich and poor, workers and business owners, gay, lesbian, and transgendered, and straight americans. all of off are needed.

[applause] gov. omalley: in our idea of country, there is no such thing as a spare american. there is, however, a growing gap of injustice in our country today. it is the gap between the strong, just nation that our children need us to be and the nation that we are endangered of becoming. today in america, 70% of us are earning the same or less than we were 12 years ago. this is the first time that that has happened on this side of world war ii. today in america, family-owned businesses and farms are struggling to compete with ever larger concentrations of corporate power. 50 years ago, the largest employer was gm and the average

gm employee could send his kid to college on two weeks wages. today in america, with dreams of college and a decent paying job at a decent retirement slipping beyond the reach of so many, the american dream seems for so many of us to be hanging by a thread. yet, for america -- the final thread that holds us might be the strongest. it is the threat of generosity compassion, and love that brings us together as one american people. [applause] gov. omalley: for over 200 years, we have been the architect of our own future. now, we must build a new.

my father and mother, tommy barbara o'malley were born in the great depression and they grew up to be part of that great generation of americans that won the second world war t. my father went on to college only because of the g.i. bill. my mother, herself, flew in the civil air patrol at the age of 17. [applause] gov. omalley: they raised their children, the six of us to a secure middle-class future because of the sacrifices and the better choices of their generation. they would never accept the

notion that somehow there is was the greatest generation, for they believed and taught us that every generation of americans has the ability and sacred responsibility to make themselves great for their country. [applause] gov. omalley: so we must, and we will, no matter the odds and no matter how tough the fight, and how big the challenge. that is the urgent calling for us today, to rebuild the american dream in our time. [applause] gov. omalley: last month television sets around the world were filled with anger, rage and flames of some of the hardest hit neighborhoods and baltimore. or all of us who have given so much of our energies to make the

city safer and a more prosperous place, that was a heartbreaking night for all of us. for us, baltimore is our country, and our country is baltimore. there is something to be learned from that night. there is something to be offered to our country from those flames. what took place here was not only about race, not only about policing in america, it was about everything it is supposed to mean to be an american. [applause] governor o'malley: this scourge of hopelessness transcends race and geography. the hard truth of our reality is this. unemployment in many cities and many small towns across the united states of america is

higher now than it was eight years ago. conditions of extreme poverty breed conditions of extreme violence. we have work to do. our economic and political system is upside down and backwards. it is time to turn it around. [applause] gov. omalley: understanding precedes action. we must understand that what happened to our economy, the damage done to the american dream that we share did not happen by chance. nor was it merely the result of global forces, somehow beyond our reach. powerful, wealthy special interests here at home have used our government to create an

economy that is leaving a majority of our people behind. an economy that has so concentrated wealth and power in the hands of the very few that it has taken opportunity out of the homes of the many. [applause] gov. omalley: an economy where the majority of our people are unheard, unseen, unneeded, and left to conclude that their lives and labors are worth less today than they were yesterday and will be worth less still in the future. we are allowing our land of opportunity to become a land of inequality. main street struggles while wall street soars. tell me how it is that not one wall street ceo was convicted of

a crime related to the 2008 economic meltdown? not a single one. tell me how it is that you can get pulled over in this country for having a broken tail light but if you wreck the nation's economy, you are absolutely untouchable. [applause] gov. omalley: you know and i know. this is not how our economy is supposed to work. this is not how our country is supposed to work. this is not the american dream. it does not have to be this way. this generations of americans still has time to become great. [applause] gov. omalley: we have saved our country before. we must save our country now. we will do that by rebuilding the dream. as i look out here today, over

this original land of the free and the home of the brave, i see the faces of so very many who have helped so many people and the life of our city and state. together, we made our city a healthier and safer place for kids. we made our city believe again and we invented a new and better way to govern the city, and we got things done. together, we made our state's public schools the best in the nation. we made college more affordable for more families. [applause] gov. omalley: let's hear from the teachers back there. [applause] gov. omalley: we led our people forward through a devastating recession and we sit greater care to protect the land, air,

and waters of our chesapeake a. -- bay. and we passed the dream act and marriage equality. [applause] gov. omalley: together, we raised the minimum wage and we made the highest median income of any state in the country. we received top rankings in women and minority business ownership and participation. and yes, it took new leadership. together, we believed in the american dream and took action to make it real. that is exactly what our nation needs to do today.

[applause] gov. omalley: you see, our economy is not money. it is people. all of our people we measure success by the security of our people. all of our people a stronger middle class is because of economic growth. a strong goal -- stronger middle class is the cause of economic growth. together as one people, we must will and american economy that works again for all of us. this means good jobs and wages policies. wage policies that allow families to earn more as they work harder and harder.

that means a higher minimum wage, overtime pay for overtime work, and may get you -- may get easier, rather than harder for workers to organize and bargain collectively for wages. and if together we take these actions, the american dream will live again. climate change is real, and it also happens to be the greatest business opportunity to come to our country in 100 years. so we must create an american jobs agenda for america's renewable energy future.

[applause] gov. omalley: and we must also launch a new agenda to rebuild american cities as places of hope, opportunity, and justice for all. [applause] gov. omalley: if we take these actions, the dream will live again. for the sake of our country security, well-being, and economic growth, we also must bring 11 million of our neighbors out of the shadows by passing comprehensive immigration reform. [applause] gov. omalley: because the enduring symbol of art nation is not a barbed wire fence, it is the statue of liberty. [applause] gov. omalley: yes. yes. yes. we are a nation of immigrants. we are a compassionate and

generous people. and if we act according to our principles and the better angels of our nature, if we return in , other words, to our true selves, the dream will live again. make no mistake about it. our ability to lead the world. our ability to be safe in the world. it depends on the strength of the american dream here at home. the challenges that we face today are not the challenges that we faced in the 1990's. together, we must construct a new national security strategy and build new alliances that are forward thinking and forward acting. [applause] gov. omalley: the center of this new security strategy must be the reduction of threats. fast evolving threats from , violent extremism, pandemic,

cyberattacks, nuclear proliferation nationstate , failures, to the drought famine, and floods of climate change. we must also craft a new foreign policy of engagement and collaboration. we must join with like-minded people all around the world, and especially right here in our own hemisphere for the cause that we share of the rising global middle class. [applause] gov. omalley: we must put our national interest first. we must put america first. we cannot and will not rebuild the american dream at home by catering to the voices of the privileged and the powerful. let's be honest. they were the ones who turned our economy upside down in the first place. and they are the only ones who are benefiting from that. we need to prosecute chiefs,

reinstate glass-steagall, and if a bank is too big to fail, we -- without wrecking our nation's economy, then we need to break it up before it breaks us again. [applause] gov. omalley: true story. goldman sachs. goldman sachs is one of the biggest repeat investment banks in america. recently, the ceo of goldman sachs let his employees know that he would be just fine with either bush or clinton. i bet he would. i have news for the bullies of wall street. the presidency is not a crown to be passed back and forth by you between two royal families.

it is a sacred trust to be earned by the american people and exercise on behalf of the people of these united states. [applause] >> o'malley! gov. omalley: the only way that we are going to rebuild the american dream is if we retake control of our own american government. the poet laureate of the american dream, bruce springsteen. [laughter] gov. omalley: once asked, is the dream a lie if it don't come true, or is it something worse? whether the american dream becomes a lie or an ongoing

truth that our children can enjoy, that our children can live, that our children can build upon is really up to you and to me. it is up to all of us. not about wall street. it is not about the big banks. it is not even about big money. trying to buy our elections. it is about us. it is about whether together we, the people, still have the will to become great americans. [applause] gov. omalley: i believe that we do. and my decision is made. now, you will all have a vital choice to make next year for the good of your families and for the good of the country that you love and the country do you

carry in your hearts. and it is a choice that people will ask you about for years to come. and so, when a child with the world of learning ahead asks you who you voted for, i what you to -- i want you to be able to tell that child i voted for you. when you see a dad sweating through another long shift in order to give his daughter a better future, i want you to be able to tell that dad, i voted for you. when you see a mom, working long hours at two jobs for the dream of being able to send her only son to college, i want you to be able to tell her, i voted for you. and when you see a young father who hungers for a decent job to support his family, i what you -- i want you to be able to tell

him, i voted for you. for the story of our country is not found in a history book. because this generation of americans is about to write it. [applause] gov. omalley: that is why today, to you and all who can hear my voice, i declare that i am a candidate for president of the united states. and i am running for you. may god bless you. and may god bless the united states of america. thank you. [applause] ♪

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♪ announcer: our "road to the white house" coverage continues with senator lindsey graham, hosting an event in central south carolina two formally announce his plans for 2016. that is live tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. eastern on c-span. announcer: monday night on "the communicators," gene kimmerlman and harold furchtgott-roth.

gene: wireless providers are available, but they cannot provide the video streaming that you get from your cable company or files f --ios so the question is, where do you get more competition? that competition is coming over that very same wire, so it is the same company, your cable company, controlling two. a lot of content company want to provide to both, and they want to provide services or packages of services. the cable company has an incentive to favor its bundled service, so i think law enforcement has to make sure there is no unfair benefits to cable through this consolidation.

harold: many have cut the cable. some do not have a wireless subscription. they are purely wireless. these are not broadband-illiterate people. they are quite sophisticated and you have new companies coming online to compete wireless broadband. the idea that there is any sort of market power or monopoly power >> monday night :00 p.m. eastern on the communicators on c-span two. >> newsmakers is next with craig fugate. then condoleezza rice at the college of william and mary and

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