Benjamin L. Cardin: “Corruption threatens our national security, economic equity, global anti-poverty and development efforts, and democracy…”

We are going to do something about this.

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.

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

I thank Senator Cardin for his leadership in championing the Global Magnitsky Act.