David Cicilline: “We need to get that done immediately. That will add significant resources to the two agencies, plus the appropriations…”

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

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 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.

You can’t have a statewide school funding system that is fair to everyone — that’s equitable, that covers all costs of education, so that every student, no matter where they live, is treated the same, and every taxpayer treated the same —…