David Cicilline: “I think if some of them had been a little bit more broad in their thinking, a little bit more flexible, we could have…”

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.

Since the Goldman Act was enacted there has been a decline in the number of American children abducted overseas and that is a good news story.

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