Modernizing the Department has taken on greater urgency--from finally completing renovations at main state and our embassies abroad to sustaining the Department's diverse workforce.
Cardin emphasizes the importance of modernizing the State Department.
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You have found the Achilles hill of the Putin regime. They rape, torture and kill with impunity and keep their ill-gotten gains in the West.
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.
I thank Senator Cardin for his leadership in championing the Global Magnitsky Act.