David Cicilline: “I was saddened to hear my Republican colleagues try to suggest what we're doing today isn't important.”

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.

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

We have to recognize that would include occupying part of Russia, toppling their government, and replacing them with a different government.