Ben Cardin: “If we want to harmonize with our competitors, the easiest way is to harmonize with other countries in regards to…”

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.

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

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

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