Ben Cardin: “I believe that we should lead, we should pass legislation, and we shouldn't make a precondition that China or India or…”

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…

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

We need to consider how we deal with that.

We imposed sanctions on the individual.