I believe that. rather than tightening the embargo and further isolating Cuba. the United States should expand contact with the Cuban people and enter into negotiations on all issues of mutual concern to our two countries. including the lifting of the economic embargo. For example. I believe the President will find a great deal of support within the CubanAmerican community to a rolling back of last Augusts sanctions that were imposed during the Cuban migrant crisessanctions that have prohibited CubanAmericans from sending money to family members in Cuba or visiting them. except in cases of dire emergency. This would be a small first step in the direction I support. but we must go much further. I say this not because of any regard for the government in Havana. a oneparty state with a record of intolerance toward dissident voices within the society.