Ben Cardin: “We have to have a level playing field, and we don't have a level playing field today.”

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…

You have found the Achilles hill of the Putin regime. They rape, torture and kill with impunity and keep their ill-gotten gains in the West.

We are going to do something about this.

We imposed sanctions on the individual.