Ben Cardin: “I advocated for and prepared a statement issued by the Department of State calling for an end to spiraling political…”

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

We are going to do something about this.

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…