Jim McGovern actually said...

"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."

"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."

"the federal government is not serious about creating a long term solution to the nuclear waste storage problem."