David Cicilline: “I think it is an obvious point that I hope everyone who is watching this hearing understands this.”

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

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.

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.

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