on CTV's Canada AM and on Fox News Channel's On the Record There were public comments on the case by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on 4 March 2009 on NBC's Today show and by Brazilian President Lula on CNN on 23 March 2009. On 15 July 2009, David Goldman testified in front of a Congress committee about child abductions. On 16 July 2009, NBC's Today broadcast a one-hour interview with him. The case was subject of deliberations during meetings of high level Brazilian and American officials. U.S. President Obama raised the issue of the boy's return under the Hague Convention with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. US Congress introduced H.R. 2702, legislation to suspend Brazil's Generalized System of Preferences trading benefit. The case was also discussed on the US House of Representatives floor with a statement from Congressman Chris Smith (Republican, New Jersey), a staunch supporter of David Goldman, a New Jersey resident. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and a New Jersey senator had protested the long legal battle by delaying a trade measure to extend billions of dollars of duty-free benefits on some Brazilian exports. A Brazilian federal court ruled in December 2009 that Sean must be returned. However, A Brazilian supreme court judge then issued a ruling delaying the case until February 2010 saying the boy should be able to express himself in court. Based on a decision of Brazil's Supreme Court, Sean was handed over to his father on December 24, 2009. Sean was nine years old at the time of his return. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton treated the case as a diplomatic issue of Brazil's obligations under the Hague Convention. Aftermath As of January, 2010, his Brazilian family was hoping to regain custody. Sean's grandmother Silvana Bianchi Carneiro Ribeiro has vowed to continue the battle through the Brazilian courts. New Jersey courts have denied visitation rights for both grandparents months before the grandfather's death. Media coverage continued after the return: NBC paid for a charter flight for David Goldman and 9-year-old Sean back to the U.S. NBC News correspondent Jeff Rossen, along with other members of his team, was on board the plane. The Society of Professional Journalists condemned NBC News for practicing "checkbook journalism" by chartering the jet. Mr. Goldman stated in his book, A Father's Love, that NBC had already chartered the jet to fly its news