"the cost and the harms of criminalizing alcohol were far worse than giving people the right to make their own choices about their lives."
"I hope for the sake of the Republic that saner voices will prevail in the Republican Party."
"Cannabis must be decriminalized at the Federal level as a matter of basic justice in the country."
"I would also like to associate myself with your general leadership on this whole question of reforming marijuana laws, Ms. Mace."
"But in any event, everybody agreed that he could be tried. I mean, under our Constitution, we don't have an office of former President of the United States."
"I wish the straw that had broken the camel's back had been the violent insurrection to overthrow the 2020 election and the constitutional order."
"No, it's absolutely wrong. In fact, the people who made that point most emphatically were his defenders in the Senate during the second impeachment trial."
"Regardless of personal or moral perspectives, the Federal prohibition of cannabis is bad public policy."
"Thank you for holding this hearing, and I look forward to your questions."
"Well, it makes political sense in the sense that he has exercised almost total control over the Republican Party up until now."
"If they're just making a political calculus at this point, what happens when Donald Trump comes roaring back with the support of his cult-like authoritarian supporters?"