Benjamin L. Cardin: “Well, we share with you the view that it should be made permanent.”

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

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.

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.