Ben Cardin: “Suffering of the Syrian people has continued because Bashar al Assad and his inner circle cling to power.”

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

We need to consider how we deal with that.

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 imposed sanctions on the individual.