12/17/2013
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"Thanks to Senator Cardin and Senator Menendez, the administration has made some assurances that it will not go soft on countries that deserve a Tier 3 ranking."
"There is no required action by the administration to evaluate every human rights violator around the world, that is correct."
"I am particularly proud of the Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act that was passed by this committee and enacted into law in the last Congress."
"We can do it. We have done it successfully; at times, when the administration did not want us to do it."