Ben Cardin: “And I just would hope that there is sensitivity to that from the leadership in the State Department, that this is a tool…”

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…

If Putin is so mad about this, probably there will be some other dictators that would not like it as well

We need to consider how we deal with that.