Joe Cunningham: “I think a better dialogue would be as to how both sides on this issue could come together. I do not support the…”

“I think a better dialogue would be as to how both sides on this issue could come together. I do not support the amendment. I wish we had a White House that would not walk softly and carry a big stick of candy, and that is either a Republican or a Democrat; that would force the policies that we want. I do not believe a stick of candy to Cuba is the right thing, without a State Department that will stand up for an agreement. And I think the same thing is true with China, and I supported PNTR. We need an Intel apparatus that will let us know, because there is a national security threat with Cuba. I disagree with the gentleman that said there was not. They are a current threat, even to Guantanamo. We need to take a look at the food and medicine distribution; make sure that someone like a Red Cross or an international group would distribute that instead of giving it to Castro and letting him sell it for money and power. Those are the kind of things that could draw us together instead of just blasting each other on each side of this issue.”