Ben Cardin: “This is an opportunity for political intervention and for Congress to fund things appropriately and specifically.”

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

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?

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…