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 ...

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

This false narrative also ignores several mathematical budget realities.

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...