Ben Cardin: “I think the U.N. is, I think, in great jeopardy of building enough critical mass around here where severe penalties…”

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…

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

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?