Jim McGovern actually said...

"I, too, believe that we need to get our budget deficits under control, but I don't want to do it by balancing the budget on the backs of the poorest of the poor in this country."

"But the reality is, for many, many years, we have been balancing the budget on the backs of the poor in this country."

"I think what the Congress needs to do is to make sure that there is a safety net and that the safety net works."

"the increase speaks to the extraordinary need in Massachusetts as well as the hard work by the state to be able to deliver benefits to eligible people."