"I am really shocked that--for you say though that it may not show up in the next decade because it is showing up right now."
"Given our current economic conditions of persistently low interest rates and low inflation rates, would you agree that it is sound fiscal policy for the government to invest in a clean economy now?"
"And I would--you could also talk to the farmers. We were over a month late getting into the field in Illinois. The economic impacts are so obvious."
"opening statement"
"There is an urgent and desperate need for this legislation."
"Last year, 38 horses died at Santa Anita, at Santa Anita Park alone."
"Frankly, one death is too many, but the inexcusable fact is that we can do more to prevent these deaths."
"I am a proud original cosponsor of Representative Jeffries' Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act and a cosponsor of Representative Nadler's MORE Act."
"However, research at Northwestern University, which is in my district and is a leading research institution, have no way of accessing the cannabis that is sold in these dispensaries."
"So we would have to get marijuana off the Controlled Substances Act--out of it in order to do the research that we absolutely need to do on what is being sold right now, and millions and millions of d..."
"I did want to say about that piece of legislation, H.R. 3797, that I do have a concern that DOJ would have the ability to deny medical marijuana licenses based on even minor past drug convictions, and..."
"Climate change is the greatest challenge facing humanity today."