I am concerned that attorneys representing the Federal Government or any of its entities or instrumentalities in Federal courts not be held to a different standard under rule XI(c) than other attorneys. Is it the intention of the subcommittee chairman that the sanctions in rule XI(c) for filing frivolous claims be applied with equal force?
Addressing concerns about legal standards for government attorneys in federal courts.
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Thank you very much for holding this hearing on the implementation of Global Magnitsky sanctions.
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.
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If Putin hates this so much, we're sure that there are a lot of other dictators who would hate this as well.
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