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On the recordDecember 8, 2009
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.
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Jim McGovern
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

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

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