Ben Cardin: “Why not allow these funds to be fungible so that we can be quickly responsive to the needs of America?”

Thank you very much for holding this hearing on the implementation of Global Magnitsky sanctions.

There is no reason why somebody should be sanctioned in America and not in Europe or not in the U.K.

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

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…