Ben Cardin: “How is the impasse in Syria, the failure to be able to have a workable plan in Syria, impacting stability in Iraq?”

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

Why do we not widen this piece of legislation out so it includes all human rights abusers in Russia?

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…