Ben Cardin: “We have a direct economic interest in the peaceful resolutions of the maritime disputes.”

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.

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 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.