David Cicilline: “Thank you. Now, staying within the budget context, I would like to talk for a moment about some of the benefits that we…”

Since the Goldman Act was enacted there has been a decline in the number of American children abducted overseas and that is a good news story.

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

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.