Benjamin L. Cardin: “It is very appropriate that we have Secretary McIlwain here. Maryland has a very strong commitment to the environment.”

Thank you very much for holding this hearing on the implementation of Global Magnitsky sanctions.

I thank Senator Cardin for his leadership in championing the Global Magnitsky Act.

We imposed sanctions on the individual.

The use of defamation laws, foreign agent registration laws, and anti-NGO laws to silence free speech is nothing new.