Ben Cardin: “I am somewhat troubled by why there was not an effort made in these negotiations to deal with cooperation from China in…”

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.

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 are going to do something about this.

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