When you look at Russia's activities of aggression in Ukraine, in Moldova, Georgia, they are intentionally causing an unrest supported by military that causes our NATO allies to say, gee, are these countries ready for membership in NATO.
Cardin expresses concern over Russia's aggression affecting NATO membership for certain countries.
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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 country does not.
It was originally a piece of legislation targeting the people who killed Sergei Magnitsky.
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