Ben Cardin: “It is in our security interests to effectively help these countries deal with these concerns.”

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.

We are going to do something about this.

There is no reason why somebody should be sanctioned in America and not in Europe or not in the U.K.