Benjamin L. Cardin: “Today is the day that the President will be submitting his budget, so it is appropriate, first, that we start on…”

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

We are going to do something about this.

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

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