Ben Cardin: “Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but we do need to have a common set of facts and I think good science helps…”

We need to consider how we deal with that.

We imposed sanctions on the individual.

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.

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…