David Cicilline: “I want to speak in strong support of the amendment and thank the gentlelady from California for raising this really…”

The future economic prosperity of our state is directly dependent on our ability to get this right.

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.

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