Ben Cardin: “Women's rights are human rights, and when we have a chance to make some significant changes in a country, gender issues…”

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

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

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.

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