09/12/2017
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"It is ironic that many of the people who supported policies that literally bankrupted the burley tobacco industry in my area are now the very same people who want to legalize smoking recreational pot."
"I represent central Kentucky, and we in central Kentucky at one time were the burley tobacco capital of the world."
"I think we have to think through whether or not it is an efficacious solution to the problem that we are dealing with here."
"We did it in December in the farm bill, and whether we like it or not, the fact remains that the Controlled Substances Act, Federal law, continues to make illegal high THC marijuana."