Chris Smith

I am a great fan and I know the administration, both Bush and now President Obama, have done much on the nutrition side.

Your very persuasive case.

I among them and in a few minutes I will say a few words why.

We walked away, last December, from helping the Nigerian Government combat the very real threat that they are facing.

It was as clear as the nose on my face that Boko Haram had more of a regional terrorist mindset.

I held a whole series of hearings on Boko Haram and tried desperately to get the administration to declare Boko Haram a Foreign Terrorist Organization.

Many of us have noted with a great deal of dismay the President's earlier dismissal of ISIS as a JV team.

Is there recognition, if I could interrupt, among our partners that Jews are at heightened risk?

Let me just ask you, all three of the countries that you have had your children abducted to, cry out as an engraved invitation for sanctions to be imposed after the report, which should be received by Congress or issued no later than April…

The idea that there are 781 resolved cases. It does convey a false notion of resolved in terms of bringing children home.

If sanctions are not imposed, and significant sanctions at that, again, they will take view of that, take the view of that that we are not serious about this child abuse.

Justice delayed is justice denied.

I thank Congressman Chris Smith for being a champion for the noble cause of reuniting the children and their left-behind parents and for being an angel to our children and to us, the left-behind parents.

I am very thankful to Congressman Chris Smith and his staff for working so hard and passing the Sean and David Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act of 2014.

I will never forget meeting with members of the Russian Duma, and when we told them and showed them the sanctions provisions, one of the members who has been outspoken on combatting human trafficking in Moscow said, 'Oh, you guys do mean…

Again, I think that is where the sanctions will sharpen the mind and they will say, 'Hmm, the Americans mean business.'

I implore you to do this. And I hope the report will clearly name them as offending countries.

The Goldman Act--and I don't call it the acronym you do--it is the Goldman Act.

Until we do sanctions, I do believe, respectfully, they will think this is a paper tiger.

It seems to me that a mechanism that could be invoked to expeditiously bring those kids back is... important.

Are you informing all people that their Congressman and two Senators could be tremendous advocates for the return of their children?

Can we expect India will be on the non-cooperation list?

Intimidated might be a better word.

If you don't use the sanctions, this becomes an unimplemented law and a toothless piece of legislation.

This has to be front and center, and now sanctions ought to be utilized.