Ben Cardin: “A high priority--and I have to be clear about this and I can't back away from it--is the question, is there enough space…”

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 hates this so much, we're sure that there are a lot of other dictators who would hate this as well.

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

We need to consider how we deal with that.