Ben Cardin: “There are a lot of concerns about whether America still maintains that global position as it relates to our traditional…”

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

We are going to do something about this.

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.