Benjamin L. Cardin: “I often speak about the importance of adhering to our values and our foreign policy.”

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

if Putin is so mad about this, probably there will be some other dictators that would not like it as well

Nowhere has this been more on display than what has occurred in Hong Kong in recent years as the passage of the National Security Law and entry into force of Article 23 destroyed what remains of Hong Kong's democracy.

What you have done to strengthen the transatlantic partnership is incredible.