Benjamin L. Cardin: “I think they could do a more effective job, or it could have a higher priority on these type of issues, our veterans…”

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

I introduced the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act as a way of saying that we will hold abusers accountable even if their own country does not.

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

If Putin hates this so much, we're sure that there are a lot of other dictators who would hate this as well.