Ben Cardin: “Freedom of expression, including of the press, is a cornerstone of democracy, and I pledge to advocate for media freedom…”

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

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.

Thank you very much for holding this hearing on the implementation of Global Magnitsky sanctions.

We need to consider how we deal with that.