[applause] thank you. Thank you all very much for being here this evening to support Martha Fuller Clark. Shes an outstanding leader, and this state produces only strong women. Whats in the water here . Its wonderful to be here on her behalf, and hopefully i will see some of you at dinner as well. Thank you for having all of us in your home a few months ago. Martha, it is true that if you appreciate architecture, but i like your house, the house isnt mine. [laughter] that house belongs to the people of maryland. But he was great seeing you when you came down there with all of the state chairs. I love your governor because of her effectiveness, her ability to get things done, her ability to hold people together. My goodness, a unanimous bipartisan budget. [applause] we been able to get some difficult things done with votes from both sides of the aisle, a we could get a unanimous vote on adjournment. [laughter] so i also want to thank my friend martin for coming up here for maryland and
We are not factored in. [applause] for a vote, we are sending a message to washington, to our state legislators that we are going to hold elected officials accountable. Come the next election we will fire them again just like we hired them through our votes. One of the ways we can do this is by helping our community to understand the connection between elections and what happens in the everyday price. Washington d. C. Los angeles, almost 3,000 miles away there is sometimes a disconnect and when i am talking to Committee Members and talking about the vote, the impulse. They dont have time to vote. Wants the Community Starts to understand the connection between what they are trying to do with their family whether it is a decent paying job, quality and affordable education for their children, child care, how all these things are directly decided by who is in Atlanta Office so if they want to have a better quality of life they cannot afford not to elect individuals who are going to support