"I urge you to include language that would prevent the DEA from using resources to take action against regulated recreational or medicinal marijuana."
"There was no congressional authority for this program, no oversight for Congress."
"I want to thank our terrific witnesses. I am especially honored to have Ms. Williams from Colorado..."
"Unfortunately, it was not able to make it across the finish line in the Senate."
"This session I hope we can come together again, get a vehicle to authorize the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act..."
"The juvenile system was designed based on the idea that children were not merely smaller versions of adults..."
"Again, this Congress, my good friend, Alcee Hastings of Florida, introduced bipartisan legislation to outlaw corporal punishment in U.S. schools."
"There is no logical reason that in 2017 children can go to school in this country and still be subject to physical punishments."
"And again this Congress, my good friend Alcee Hastings of Florida, has introduced bipartisan legislation to outlaw the practice in US schools."
"In both the House and Senate bills that were passed to authorize the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, the term 'dangerous practice' was defined as, 'An act, procedure, or program that ..."
"The best way to address these issues is at the Federal level through reauthorizing the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act."
"I look forward to working with my Republican and Democratic colleagues to achieve that goal."