Ben Cardin: “I think as Mr. Smith said, changing the definition is one I think we all would agree needs to be done.”

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?

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

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.