Chris Smith actually said...

"Child abduction is child abuse."

"The Goldman Act requires accountability for the Japanese Government on the abduction cases open at the time when Japan signed the Convention."

"The Goldman Act has given the State Department new and very powerful tools to bring Japan and other countries not to the negotiating table, but the resolution table."

"I am going to implore the State Department to continue to push more countries to sign the Hague Convention and continue to work on reuniting left-behind parents with their children."