Ben Cardin: “I want it actively engaged around the world, but we have got to stand up for what we believe in.”

If Putin hates this so much, we're sure that there are a lot of other dictators who would hate this as well.

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.

We are going to do something about this.