Ben Cardin: “The purpose of this bill, as I pointed out, is to get uniform information.”

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

We are going to do something about this.

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

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…