I would suggest that as you have come to Congress for this authorization, if circumstances change and there is time to come to Congress, you will have the opportunity to come back to Congress and seek our participation.
Cardin stresses the importance of Congressional participation in military actions.
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Thank you very much for holding this hearing on the implementation of Global Magnitsky sanctions.
I introduced the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act as a way of saying that we will hold abusers accountable even if their own country does not.
Why do we not widen this piece of legislation out so it includes all human rights abusers in Russia?
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.
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