David Cicilline: “Thank you so much. I yield back, Mr. Chairman.”

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.

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

Secretly, I was always hoping I would be surprised it would move really quickly, but as a practical matter, I knew that was not the case.

We must remember that child abduction is child abuse and it has devastating emotional, psychological, and even physical consequences for both abducted children and their families left behind.