Eleanor Holmes Norton: “Thank you to the two Democratic Representatives, Blumenauer and Polis, and Republican Representative Rohrabacher who…”

“Thank you to the two Democratic Representatives, Blumenauer and Polis, and Republican Representative Rohrabacher who stood with the District of Columbia for letting our marijuana reform bill stand today. Although Blacks and Whites smoke pot at the same rate, the majority of those convicted of possession of small amounts in the District of Columbia and nationwide are Black. Your State may not be counted among the 58 percent of Americans who want cannabis legalized. D.C. doesn't ask you to support marijuana. D.C. asks only that the Congress respect our local marijuana initiative, which is every bit as much a local control matter as the decision made by four other States on this very same issue. ____________________”