Ben Cardin: “We also need to recognize that we have tools available under the tax code, and we need to make those tools even more…”

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

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

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.