Ben Cardin: “I want to thank both of our nominees for their willingness to serve in a very important public position.”

We are going to do something about this.

We imposed sanctions on the individual.

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

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…