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Tom Cotton: “We write requesting that the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigate the growing role of Chinese transnational criminal…”

On the recordOctober 1, 2026
We write requesting that the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigate the growing role of Chinese transnational criminal organizations in America’s cannabis and intoxicating-hemp markets.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Requesting DOJ investigation into Chinese criminal organizations.

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