Ben Cardin: “I have been very vocal in the human rights violations that have occurred in Syria.”

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.

Why do we not widen this piece of legislation out so it includes all human rights abusers in Russia?

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