Ben Cardin actually said...

"I agree with Senator Corker that it should be lifted, and it will only hurt ourselves if we don't lift it."

"It needs to cover people responsible for the range of very serious, the most serious human rights abuses in Russia."

"What this bill does is it closes that escape valve. It says that if you have committed murder, if you are responsible for torture, you can't come here, you can't park your money here."

"Mr. Putin's reputation is much more concerning, problematic, from our point of view."