Benjamin L. Cardin: “We should not be trying to micromanage the internal politics of Colombia, but rather establish a long-term partnership…”

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

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 imposed sanctions on the individual.

We are going to do something about this.