David Cicilline actually said...

That claim is built on a specious storyline. It is based on the notion that people choose those safety nets--often mockingly referred to as ...

Another false narrative we often hear is that these safety net programs have done nothing to keep people out of poverty.

But we have entertained a whole series of budget proposals in this Committee and actions on the House floor which intentionally disinvest in...

I think we continue to have this conversation about poverty in America in a sense of sort of money being given to people who live in poverty...