Benjamin L. Cardin: “There's one set of rules for people who work for a living--teachers, nurses, and firefighters--who pay taxes straight…”

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

We imposed sanctions on the individual.

I introduced the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act as a way of saying that we will hold abusers accountable even if their own country does not.

Senator Cardin, I thank you for your leadership in championing the Global Magnitsky Act.