Ben Cardin: “The resolution also called on the U.S. Government to help bring about and support that dialogue.”

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…

We imposed sanctions on the individual.

We are going to do something about this.

If Putin is so mad about this, probably there will be some other dictators that would not like it as well