Reclaiming my time, we need to make progress wherever we can make progress, and if we can get through this Chamber and the other Chamber, signed by the President and through the courts, we need to take whatever progress we can, and enacting this amendment jeopardizes it.
Discussing the potential impact of an amendment on legislative progress.
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Thank you very much for holding this hearing on the implementation of Global Magnitsky sanctions.
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.
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