I want to assure you, Mr. Chairman, that we are going to pursue this into the next Administration.
We do not impose sanctions for punitive reasons. We impose sanctions for change of behavior.
the gross abuse of human rights that is going on in the country.
The primary goal is to change behavior.
My analysis, kind of--you know, inchoate analysis of sanctions in the 12 years I have been here is that we have been bet...
We have to consider how we can use the tools at our disposal to defend basic rights.
Our sanctions work best when we do coordinate with other countries.
This is a clear, missed opportunity to use Global Magnitsky sanctions.