I mean, we've had law enforcement people, we've had prosecutorial folks, we have the head of the DEA, we've got ONDCP, a whole bunch of people going in different directions on this.

Rescheduling marijuana to a Schedule III drug would enable Jennifer to leave the State of Colorado for visits home to her friends and family back in Virginia.

And the second thing is across the country there's been a wave of votes and legislative actions to take us into using marijuana or some of its derivatives--I'm not going to be technically accurate here--for medical beneficial purposes.

The fact that cocaine is Substance II and marijuana is Substance I tells you a lot about how skewed the United States' policy--Federal policy is with respect to this drug.

I don't believe that we--that the testimony we've heard today in any way reinforces how dangerous this drug is and it needs to be a Substance I drug.

The problem of drug use is not solved with drugs.

So, in fact, what was testified by ONDCP, in fact, is true, that you have so much more potent marijuana on the streets and in the marketplace today.

In September of 2013, there was a seven day letter informing Congress of the Chemical Safety Board's refusal to cooperate in an investigation.

this is not acceptable. I will work with you, whatever steps we need to take to try to bring this agency into control.

this place is out of control, board members resigning, chaos in one of our most important safety oversight agencies.

this is an important responsibility with an important mission, isn't that right?