Ben Cardin: “Until recently, the wetlands at the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in my home State, and wetlands in the home State…”

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

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

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

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…