Joe Cunningham: “It never ceases to amaze me that some people on the other side of this issue state their opinions as fact. I would say…”

“It never ceases to amaze me that some people on the other side of this issue state their opinions as fact. I would say they are factually challenged. That is refuted in every single document that we have. When we go into the full House I will submit for the Record documents from the Coast Guard, from the Office of Drug Policy, from the DEA, from General McCaffery, stating that their claims are false. Why would they do that? Well, we have fund-raising letters here from some of their organizations that would like to put money into their campaigns, but there are some general people, I think, that are misinformed. First of all, I would like to say that dolphin-safe is not dolphin-safe under the current system. There is a certain amount and percentage that can actually go into that. I would like to state to the Members and show them exactly in the rule, in this bill, it says and I quote, No tuna will be labeled dolphin-safe unless absolutely no dolphins were killed. This is verified by an on-board international IATTC observer.”