Ben Cardin: “I hope we can work this out to the satisfaction of the members of this Committee before the bill reaches the floor.”

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…

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

We imposed sanctions on the individual.

Why do we not widen this piece of legislation out so it includes all human rights abusers in Russia?