Ben Cardin: “We need some type of a dedicated source of funding so that independent science work can be deployed without hesitation.”

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…

We imposed sanctions on the individual.

We need to consider how we deal with that.

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