Speaker. I think we can all agree that the U.S. should not provide refuge for those who commit human rights abuses. We can and should take away the privilege of U.S. visas that afford a measure of respectability as well as a quick exit for those who worry daily that they may be held accountable for their crimes against their countrymen. This bill will help bring human rights victims some justice. and deny perpetrators the respectability. mobility. and wealth they crave. Specifically. the bill I introduced Friday expands and strengthens the Magnitsky law in several key ways. and keeps some of its key provisions: Like the Magnitsky law. it authorizes and requires the President to sanction perpetrators of human rights violations. rather than simply allowing him to do so.