Ben Cardin: “If I am confirmed, the issue of human rights and promotion of democracy will be a critical element of my mission.”

It was originally a piece of legislation targeting the people who killed Sergei Magnitsky.

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…

We need to consider how we deal with that.

If Putin hates this so much, we're sure that there are a lot of other dictators who would hate this as well.