Ben Cardin: “I think this has been an extremely important hearing, and I just would underscore the point that Senator Shelby made.”

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…

If Putin is so mad about this, probably there will be some other dictators that would not like it as well

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