David Cicilline: “I believe that all of us assembled here, both those of us on the Committee and our assembled panel of witnesses…”

The problem is we haven't committed to a mission. I have asked Secretary Blinken to define what he thinks the mission is.

The Goldman Act empowered the State Department to seek the return of American children, yet, the department, in my opinion, has not used the full of range of tools as Congress has intended.

What we’ve said to the General Assembly is you’re going to have to have a transition plan that takes that into account.

You can’t have a statewide school funding system that is fair to everyone — that’s equitable, that covers all costs of education, so that every student, no matter where they live, is treated the same, and every taxpayer treated the same —…