Benjamin L. Cardin: “I was very affirmed by your fiscal year 2025 budget request that includes $411 million for democracy, rights, and…”

Freedom House is pleased to support the Human Rights Defenders Protection Act, led by Chairman Cardin.

We think the United States has to work with our partners in South America to make it clear that that was not an election where Maduro won.

why do we not widen this piece of legislation out so it includes all human rights abusers in Russia?

I support that, but whether we will ever get to that point, my concern is it is going to be years down the road, and we are going to have another Moldova and another Georgia.