Ben Cardin: “I think that there is total agreement on this committee how proud we are that you represent our Nation globally.”

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…

We need to consider how we deal with that.

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