Wendy Sherman: “So many have spoken on this floor in favor of states' rights. A majority of Americans live in States in which medical…”

“So many have spoken on this floor in favor of states' rights. A majority of Americans live in States in which medical marijuana is legal, and yet we have this bizarre circumstance where these have to be all cash businesses. The result, as the gentleman from Colorado points out, is tax evasion--or potentiality for tax evasion-- and also an invitation to crime--violent street crime--as people figure out how they can invade with guns a store that is licensed by my State or his State and try to steal huge quantities of cash. It is absolutely absurd to tell people that they cannot use medical marijuana when they are in physical pain and they live in a State where that is allowed, and it is even more absurd to have to keep millions of dollars of cash there for the possible criminal taking because we have businesses that are actually operating that are outside the banking system.”