David Cicilline actually said...

"We cannot and we must not balance the budget on the backs of our most vulnerable; we must instead build up the budget and reduce the deficit through the success of the working class."

"In the forum I proposed an analogous statement 'I plan to start my diet by eating cake and ice cream' to illustrate the hypocrisy."

"Extending all of the Bush-era tax cuts, especially those for the wealthiest Americans, for two years is not the best way to begin addressing the deficit."

"The best approach to broadening the risk pool and bringing down costs is to extend Medicare for all individuals and establish a single payer system."