David Cicilline: “China is watching. Dictators and authoritarian leaders all over the world are watching how we behave in this moment.”

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.

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

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

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