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.

Context

McGovern emphasizes the need for budget control without harming the poor.

12/08/2009

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