Ben Cardin: “I am particularly proud of the work that has been done in Maryland and I congratulate you on that.”

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.

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

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…

Thank you very much for holding this hearing on the implementation of Global Magnitsky sanctions.