It seems to me we have a responsibility to make a statement.
I think that when we do not apply these standards in a uniform way our adversaries like China, like Russia, point out that we conveniently u...
Thank you very much for holding this hearing on the implementation of Global Magnitsky sanctions.
I wish the Biden administration had pursued that.
It was originally a piece of legislation targeting the people who killed Sergei Magnitsky.
If Putin hates this so much, we're sure that there are a lot of other dictators who would hate this as well.
why do we not widen this piece of legislation out so it includes all human rights abusers in Russia?
there is no reason why somebody should be sanctioned in America and not in Europe or not in the U.K.
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 ...
if Putin is so mad about this, probably there will be some other dictators that would not like it as well
I would turn the Judiciary Committee into the headquarters of congressional opposition to authoritarianism.
Maybe seeking other office -- or other issues like that.
This is the national security of the United States at a very dangerous time for our country.
He's going after the people that went after him.
It's astonishing and it will be terribly destructive at the Department of Justice because you have prosecutors.
No one should play partisan politics with disaster aid, but that is exactly what your Agency has been doing.
I know you are proud of the 4 million vote majority which the President-elect seems to have now, just as we were proud of the 7 million vote...
He gets appointed. He would be installed essentially on a recess appointment basis. Yet, he wouldn't be confirmed by the Senate.