Ben Cardin: “I think there is total agreement here that we need to be tougher on sanctions and that sanctions work.”

It was originally a piece of legislation targeting the people who killed Sergei Magnitsky.

We are going to do something about this.

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.

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…