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

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.

why do we not widen this piece of legislation out so it includes all human rights abusers in Russia?

I support that, but whether we will ever get to that point, my concern is it is going to be years down the road, and we are going to have another Moldova and another Georgia.

I think it is absolutely essential that we be very clear that Maduro was not elected as president of Venezuela.