Ben Cardin actually said...

"It was Peabody Coal that made that decision."

"I regret, though, that we did prevent the States from fully being able to fill the void until the Federal Government actually has an effective regulation."

"we will, in fact, have a global Magnitsky law so that we can take the--our experience from Russia and use it in other countries."

"We will participate within the OSCE on the monitoring, and we will make sure that we report accurately what happens in Russia."