Quotes from Cal Cunningham

Tariffs are only one tool in enforcing our global trade policy.

Twenty-first century policing reform will require increased investment in law enforcement, not defunding it.

Pride month is a time for us to celebrate love and recommit ourselves to continuing our efforts to ensure equal treatment for all those who call our state, and country, home, no matter who they love.

Our courts and law, our on-going experiment in self-governance, these parts of our social fabric are precious.

When Soldiers serve, their families serve too.

I believe Don't Ask Don't Tell is morally wrong, wrong for our military, and counter-productive.

I've, in fact, very specifically said I don't support defunding the police.

We will never address the race-based, systemic barriers to health care, equal housing and education without investing in underserved communities.

Without law, without the social stability it provides, there can't be contracts and deals, there can't be chamber meetings, there can't be good jobs and safe families.

There is an important role for a United States senator as a check and balance on the president of the United States.

North Carolinians are hard-working common-sense, decent and stubbornly independent people.

We need to statutize what is permissible and what is not permissible. If a law enforcement agent uses a clearly unapproved technique like the knee that was on the neck of George Floyd for over eight minutes, no law enforcement agent thinks that that's right and that officer should be held accountable.

I've been humbled by the strong support and deeply moved by the positive response from folks in every corner of North Carolina who agree we need new leadership.

We should limit qualified immunity and change the standard for bringing cases against officers who violate victims' civil and Constitutional rights.

It's clear that the laws intended to allow victims to have their cases heard - including our civil rights laws, our criminal laws and our civil justice laws - too often have the opposite effect. These laws are clearly rooted in a false assumption that those in power can do no wrong.

When law enforcement violates departmental policies or operates outside of its certified training, it should not be insulated from liability to the victims of these breaches.