Ben Cardin: “I understand you may not be prepared to answer that question today. But this committee is going to be very interested in…”

We imposed sanctions on the individual.

We are going to do something about this.

If we are going to carry this as a value on the international stage, that the United States stands up for human rights and certain values and the rule of law, is it not important that we be willing to apply these sanctions to accomplish…

There is no reason why somebody should be sanctioned in America and not in Europe or not in the U.K.