Benjamin L. Cardin: “You have found the Achilles hill of the Putin regime. They rape, torture and kill with impunity and keep their…”

What you have done to strengthen the transatlantic partnership is incredible.

Senator Cardin, I thank you for your leadership in championing the Global Magnitsky Act.

Nowhere has this been more on display than what has occurred in Hong Kong in recent years as the passage of the National Security Law and entry into force of Article 23 destroyed what remains of Hong Kong's democracy.

We think the United States has to work with our partners in South America to make it clear that that was not an election where Maduro won.