Ben Cardin: “I also want to thank these nominees for their public service and for their willingness to serve their country in these…”

We need to consider how we deal with that.

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

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…