David Cicilline: “Thank you, Chairman Ros-Lehtinen and Ranking Member Deutch, for calling this important and very timely hearing today.”

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 —…

The difference is you’ll be increasing education funding and distributing it through a formula that’s fair and equitable, and ensure that every student in Rhode Island has access to what they need to be successful.

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

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