Ben Cardin: “It seems to me and knowing their DNA, they are not going to voluntarily agree to allow for a free press and dissent, et…”

We need to consider how we deal with that.

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.

We imposed sanctions on the individual.