David Cicilline: “As my great friend and colleague Congressman John Lewis told me when we began this work on the bill, the time is now.”

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.

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.

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