Ben Cardin: “The President's budget is terribly inadequate in this area.”

We are going to do something about this.

We imposed sanctions on the individual.

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…

It was originally a piece of legislation targeting the people who killed Sergei Magnitsky.