Ben Cardin: We Should Be Strengthening Sanctions on Russia, Not Weakening Them

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CARDIN: "Well, wolf, this is very disappointing. Yes, they are saying there’s no immediate design to weaken the sanctions. We should be strengthening the sanctions. Yesterday in the Senate foreign relations committee we had a long discussion about additional sanctions against Russia. We have agreed that when we’ve returned after the memorial day recess work period, we will be meeting with Secretary Tillerson and shortly thereafter marking up additional sanctions against Russia so we are now preparing as Congress to say, look, we’ve given you a couple of months. Russia’s activities have only gotten more intense, not less intense. We have to show leadership. Europe is looking to us to show leadership and we should be strengthening sanctions against Russia because of their behavior."