05/14/2025
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"Mr. Chairman, the most important reason I am here today is to make it clear to the committee what really propelled the District to pass its own decriminalization law."
"I just want to go on the record to say we will defend this city's marijuana decriminalization bill against any and every attempt to block it or to change it."
"I think, from what I understand, part of this problem is a huge backlog and a lack of staff resources."
"the main thing we need to do as Congress is to properly fund and resource where there is the greatest return on investment, and that is through the CDRs."