This committee, in its work on the State Department Authorization Act, moved in the direction to require the State Department to assess the status of human rights and anticorruption issues in every country in the world.
Cardin highlights efforts to mandate human rights assessments globally.
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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…
There is no reason why somebody should be sanctioned in America and not in Europe or not in the U.K.
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