Ben Cardin: “The effort to turn it into territorial waters that denies international open access of the kind that we have…”

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

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…

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